title: Aurora Mitochondrialis drives fission during mitosis.
abstract: Mitochondria proliferate by growth and partition during every cell-division cycle. Recently, Kashatus et al. (2011) reported that Aurora A kinase regulates the small GTPase RalA to mediate mitochondrial fission. This work illuminates the molecular mechanism behind mitochondrial inheritance in mammals and extends the functional repertoire of a key mitotic regulator.
authors.affiliation: Chromosome Instability and Dynamics Laboratory, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 823, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Ana Rita
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Maia
authors.forename: Helder
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maiato