Mitosis: Kinetochores determined against random search-and-capture.

Curr Biol

Chromosome Instability and Dynamics Group, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Cell Division Group, Department of Biomedicine, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal. Electronic address:

Published: March 2022

The mechanism of chromosome biorientation during mitotic spindle assembly remains a century-old mystery. In contrast to the stochastic models that have dominated the field for decades, a new study now proposes that chromosome biorientation is instead deterministic and driven by microtubule self-organization at kinetochores.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.02.003DOI Listing

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