Kinetochores: orchestrating the chromosomal minuet

P Todd Stukenberg; Daniel R Foltz

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2010.05.017

Kinetochores: orchestrating the chromosomal minuet

Curr Biol. 2010 Jun 22;20(12):R522-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.05.017.

Authors

P Todd Stukenberg¹, Daniel R Foltz

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. Pts7h@virginia.edu

Abstract

When it comes to microtubules, kinetochores leave nothing to chance. Recent studies have provided insight into an amazingly choreographed dance between the proteins in the kinetochore and their substrate and power source--the microtubule.

MeSH terms

Chromosomes*
Kinetochores*

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