端粒花束控制着介质的旋转
Kazunori Tomita1, Julia Promisel Cooper
1Telomere Biology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London WC2A 3PX, UK.
Cell
|July 17, 2007
概括
端粒花束对于裂变酵母中正确的螺旋杆体 (SPB) 和介质螺旋体功能至关重要. 破坏花束形成会导致SPB碎片化和半球变化期间异常的螺旋组织.
科学领域:
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 在早期的半转化过程中,端粒在核外围聚集在一起的花束形成是一种保存的真核生物现象.
- 端粒花束在调节介质过程中的确切功能在很大程度上是未知的.
研究的目的:
- 为了阐明端粒花束在控制杆体 (SPB) 和裂变酵母中介质的行为中的作用.
- 为了研究被破坏的花束形成对染色体的后果,SPB,和间接变异期间的动力学.
主要方法:
- 利用特定的突变,损害了裂变酵母中的花束形成.
- 在突变菌株中分析染色体,SPB和轴动力学在整个介质进展过程中.
- 调查需要端粒蛋白招募和结合到端粒DNA的SPB和螺旋功能.
主要成果:
- 花束形成的失败导致SPB在化I过程中的碎片化.
- 被破坏的花束导致单极,多重和错位的介质的形成.
- 适当的SPB和螺旋功能需要SPB招募端粒蛋白和它们与端粒DNA正确结合.
结论:
- 端粒花束对于保持SPB完整性和确保正确的介质组织至关重要.
- 这项研究揭示了染色体和螺旋装置之间的新型通信途径,由端粒蛋白介导.
- 这些发现表明,在真核生物中存在一种保存的机制,涉及变过程中的端粒-染色体-SPB相互作用.
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The mitotic spindle—or spindle apparatus—is a eukaryotic, cytoskeletal structure made up of long protein fibers called microtubules. Formed during cell division, the spindle separates sister chromatids and moves them to opposite ends of a parental cell, where the now individual chromosomes are distributed to two daughter cell nuclei.
The bipolar configuration of the mitotic spindle facilitates chromosomal segregation, preparing the cell for division. One mechanism that ensures bipolar mitotic...
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The Spindle Assembly Checkpoint
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Many proteins function together to control the spindle assembly checkpoint. Mutations affecting these proteins may allow cells to proceed into anaphase prematurely, resulting in the...
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