| Literature DB >> 18513970 |
Melissa K Gardner1, David J Odde, Kerry Bloom.
Abstract
Recent studies suggest that the human Kinesin-8 molecular motor Kif18A has a role in chromosome congression. Specifically, these studies find that Kif18A promotes chromosome congression by attenuating chromosome oscillation magnitudes. Together with recent modeling work, in vitro studies, and the analysis of in vivo yeast data, these reports reveal how Kinesin-8 molecular motors might control chromosome oscillation amplitudes by spatially regulating the dynamic instability of microtubule plus-ends within the mitotic spindle.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18513970 PMCID: PMC2866008 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2008.05.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Cell Biol ISSN: 0962-8924 Impact factor: 20.808