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Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 9, 33-46 (January 2008) | doi:10.1038/nrm2310
Molecular architecture of the kinetochore–microtubule interface
Iain M. Cheeseman1 & Arshad Desai2 About the authors
Abstract
Segregation of the replicated genome during cell division in eukaryotes requires the kinetochore to link centromeric DNA to spindle microtubules. The kinetochore is composed of a number of conserved protein complexes that direct its specification and assembly, bind to spindle microtubules and regulate chromosome segregation. Recent studies have identified more than 80 kinetochore components, and are revealing how these proteins are organized into the higher order kinetochore structure, as well as how they function to achieve proper chromosome segregation.
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Author affiliations
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Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nine Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA.
Email: icheese@wi.mit.edu -
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, and Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UCSD CMM-East, Room 3071G, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.
Email: abdesai@ucsd.edu
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