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Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 14, 790–792 (1 September 2007) | doi:10.1038/nsmb0907-790

When it comes to couple(r)s, do opposites attract?

Sharsti Sandall & Arshad Desai

The budding yeast Dam1 complex, comprised of ten subunits, localizes to centromeres and is centrally important for chromosome–spindle microtubule interactions. Inhibition of this complex leads to extensive chromosome mis-segregation and cell lethality because replicated chromosomes cannot properly connect to opposite poles of the mitotic spindle.