Overlap microtubules link sister k-fibres and balance the forces on bi-oriented kinetochores

Overlap microtubules link sister k-fibres and balance the forces on bi-oriented kinetochores

During metaphase, k-fibre microtubules exert force on kinetochores, but there are also non-kinetochore microtubules close to kinetochores without a known function. Here the authors show that these microtubules, which they call bridging fibres, balance interkinetochore tension by bridging sister k-fi...

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Main Authors: Janko Kajtez, Anastasia Solomatina, Maja Novak, Bruno Polak, Kruno Vukušić, Jonas Rüdiger, Gheorghe Cojoc, Ana Milas, Ivana Šumanovac Šestak, Patrik Risteski, Federica Tavano, Anna H. Klemm, Emanuele Roscioli, Julie Welburn, Daniela Cimini, Matko Glunčić, Nenad Pavin, Iva M. Tolić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10298

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