title: Kinetochore assembly: if you build it, they will come.
abstract: Accurate chromosome segregation requires the interaction of chromosomes with the microtubules from the mitotic spindle. This interaction is mediated by the macro-molecular kinetochore complex, which assembles only at the centromeric region of each chromosome. However, how this site is specified and how assembly of the kinetochore structure is regulated in coordination with cell cycle progression remains unclear. Recent studies have begun to shed light on the mechanisms underlying assembly of this complex structure.
authors.affiliation: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nine Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, United States. karengas@wi.mit.edu
authors.forename: Karen E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Gascoigne
authors.forename: Iain M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Cheeseman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D018386:Kinetochores / Q000378:metabolism*; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational
chemical_list: D008840:Microfilament Proteins