The cell cycle, cancer development and therapy

E Jamasbi, M Hamelian, MA Hossain… - Molecular biology reports, 2022 - Springer
The process of cell division plays a vital role in cancer progression. Cell proliferation and
error-free chromosomes segregation during mitosis are central events in life cycle. Mistakes …

The centromere: chromatin foundation for the kinetochore machinery

T Fukagawa, WC Earnshaw - Developmental cell, 2014 - cell.com
Since discovery of the centromere-specific histone H3 variant CENP-A, centromeres have
come to be defined as chromatin structures that establish the assembly site for the complex …

The Aurora B kinase in chromosome bi-orientation and spindle checkpoint signaling

V Krenn, A Musacchio - Frontiers in oncology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Aurora B, a member of the Aurora family of serine/threonine protein kinases, is a key player
in chromosome segregation. As part of a macromolecular complex known as the …

CENPA functions as a transcriptional regulator to promote hepatocellular carcinoma progression via cooperating with YY1

J Liao, Z Chen, R Chang, T Yuan, G Li… - International …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The centromere proteins (CENPs), a critical mitosis-related protein complexes, are involved
in the kinetochore assembly and chromosome segregation. In this study, we identified that …

[HTML][HTML] CENP-TWSX forms a unique centromeric chromatin structure with a histone-like fold

T Nishino, K Takeuchi, KE Gascoigne, A Suzuki, T Hori… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
The multiprotein kinetochore complex must assemble at a specific site on each chromosome
to achieve accurate chromosome segregation. Defining the nature of the DNA-protein …

Recurrent loss of CenH3 is associated with independent transitions to holocentricity in insects

IA Drinnenberg, D deYoung, S Henikoff, HS Malik - Elife, 2014 - elifesciences.org
Faithful chromosome segregation in all eukaryotes relies on centromeres, the chromosomal
sites that recruit kinetochore proteins and mediate spindle attachment during cell division …

The composition, functions, and regulation of the budding yeast kinetochore

S Biggins - Genetics, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The propagation of all organisms depends on the accurate and orderly segregation of
chromosomes in mitosis and meiosis. Budding yeast has long served as an outstanding …

CENP‐T provides a structural platform for outer kinetochore assembly

T Nishino, F Rago, T Hori, K Tomii… - The EMBO …, 2013 - embopress.org
The kinetochore forms a dynamic interface with microtubules from the mitotic spindle during
mitosis. The Ndc80 complex acts as the key microtubule‐binding complex at kinetochores …

Epigenetic regulation of chromatin states in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

RC Allshire, K Ekwall - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2015 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
This article discusses the advances made in epigenetic research using the model organism
fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. S. pombe has been used for epigenetic …

The CCAN recruits CENP-A to the centromere and forms the structural core for kinetochore assembly

T Hori, WH Shang, K Takeuchi, T Fukagawa - Journal of Cell Biology, 2013 - rupress.org
CENP-A acts as an important epigenetic marker for kinetochore specification. However, the
mechanisms by which CENP-A is incorporated into centromeres and the structural basis for …