ArticleTheoretical biology & medical modelling2011
Can molecular cell biology explain chromosome motions?
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- Searching for electrical properties, phenomena and mechanisms in the construction and function of chromosomes.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundMitotic chromosome motions have recently been correlated with electrostatic forces, but a lingering "molecular cell biology" paradigm persists, proposing binding and release proteins or molecular geometries for force generation.
resultsPole-facing kinetochore plates manifest positive charges and interact with negatively charged microtubule ends providing the motive force for poleward chromosome motions by classical electrostatics. This conceptual scheme explains dynamic tracking/coupling of kinetochores to microtubules and the simultaneous depolymerization of kinetochore microtubules as poleward force is generated.
conclusionWe question here why cells would prefer complex molecular mechanisms to move chromosomes when direct electrostatic interactions between known bound charge distributions can accomplish the same task much more simply.
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