title: Meiosis: cohesin's hidden role in the checkpoint revealed.
abstract: The spindle assembly checkpoint prevents aneuploidy by ensuring that chromosomes are properly distributed during cell division. A new study shows that the integrity of the checkpoint response depends on centromeric cohesin in mammalian oocytes.
authors.affiliation: School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA; Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan. Electronic address: sonagaoka@anat2.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: So I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Nagaoka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D018386:Kinetochores / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D059566:M Phase Cell Cycle Checkpoints; D008540:Meiosis; D009865:Oocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D000097722:Cohesins
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D000097722:Cohesins