title: Linking kinetochore-microtubule binding to the spindle checkpoint.
abstract: The spindle checkpoint blocks cell-cycle progression until chromosomes are properly attached to the mitotic spindle. Popular models propose that checkpoint proteins associate with kinetochores to produce a "wait anaphase" signal that inhibits anaphase. Recent data suggest that a two-state switch results from using the same kinetochore proteins to bind microtubules and checkpoint proteins. At least eight protein kinases are implicated in spindle checkpoint signaling, arguing that a traditional signal transduction cascade is integral to spindle checkpoint signaling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia Medical Center, 1300 Jefferson Park Avenue, Box 800733, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0733, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: P Todd
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Stukenberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000502:physiology*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018816:Genes, cdc; D006801:Humans; D018386:Kinetochores / Q000378:metabolism*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D011485:Protein Binding; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases