| Literature DB >> 18469805 |
Zhenye Yang1, Jadranka Loncarek, Alexey Khodjakov, Conly L Rieder.
Abstract
Using laser microsurgery and cell fusion we have explored how additional centrosomes and/or chromosomes influence the duration of mitosis in human cells. We found that doubling the chromosome number added approximately 10 min to a 20 min division, whereas doubling the number of centrosomes added approximately 30 min more. Extra centrosomes and/or chromosomes prolong mitosis by delaying satisfaction of the spindle assembly checkpoint. Thus mitosis can be prolonged by non-genetic means and extra chromosomes and centrosomes probably contribute to the elevated mitotic index seen in many tumours.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18469805 PMCID: PMC2430725 DOI: 10.1038/ncb1738
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Cell Biol ISSN: 1465-7392 Impact factor: 28.824