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Nature Cell Biology 10, 379–381 (1 April 2008) | doi:10.1038/ncb0408-379

Dam1 complexes go it alone on disassembling microtubules

Melissa K. Gardner & David J. Odde

During mitosis, dynamic microtubule ends mediate the faithful segregation of replicated chromosomes into each of two daughter cells. Kinetochores provide the essential mechanical link between dynamic microtubule ends and the replicated DNA.