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Ringing the changes: emerging roles for DASH at the kinetochore-microtubule Interface.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21271286     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Regulated interaction between kinetochores and the mitotic spindle is essential for the fidelity of chromosome segregation. Potentially deleterious attachments are corrected during prometaphase and metaphase. Correct attachments must persist during anaphase, when spindle-generated forces separate chromosomes to opposite poles. In yeast, the heterodecameric DASH complex plays a vital pole in maintaining this link. In vitro DASH forms both oligomeric patches and rings that can form load-bearing attachments with the tips of polymerising and depolymerising microtubules. In vivo, DASH localises primarily at the kinetochore, and has a role maintaining correct attachment between spindles and chromosomes in both Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Recent work has begun to describe how DASH acts alongside other components of the outer kinetochore to create a dynamic, regulated kinetochore-microtubule interface. Here, we review some of the key experiments into DASH function and discuss their implications for the nature of kinetochore-microtubule attachments in yeast and other organisms.
Authors:
Graham J Buttrick; Jonathan B A Millar
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-1-27
Journal Detail:
Title:  Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1573-6849     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-1-28     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9313452     Medline TA:  Chromosome Res     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Division of Biomedical Cell Biology, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK, g.j.buttrick@warwick.ac.uk.
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