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ArticleGenetics2012

The chromosomal passenger complex is required for meiotic acentrosomal spindle assembly and chromosome biorientation.

Sarah J Radford, Janet K Jang, Kim S McKim

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Article in Genetics, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Activating embryonic development in Drosophila.Seminars in cell & developmental biology · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sarah J RadfordWaksman Institute, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Janet K Jang
Kim S McKim
Ackerman Institute for the Family · US

Funding

Drosophila Transgenic RNAi Resource ProjectR01GM084947 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI PERRIMON, NORBERT · 2008 to 2019
$9.8M
Meiotic spindle pole formation in Drosophila femalesR01GM067142 · NIGMS · RUTGERS THE ST UNIV OF NJ NEW BRUNSWICK · PI MCKIM, KIM S · 2003 to 2010
$2.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM067142NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM067142NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM084947NIGMS NIH HHS R01-GM084947
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During meiosis in the females of many species, spindle assembly occurs in the absence of the microtubule-organizing centers called centrosomes. In the absence of centrosomes, the nature of the chromosome-based signal that recruits microtubules to promote spindle assembly as well as how spindle bipolarity is established and the chromosomes orient correctly toward the poles is not known. To address these questions, we focused on the chromosomal passenger complex (CPC). We have found that the CPC localizes in a ring around the meiotic chromosomes that is aligned with the axis of the spindle at all stages. Using new methods that dramatically increase the effectiveness of RNA interference in the germline, we show that the CPC interacts with Drosophila oocyte chromosomes and is required for the assembly of spindle microtubules. Furthermore, chromosome biorientation and the localization of the central spindle kinesin-6 protein Subito, which is required for spindle bipolarity, depend on the CPC components Aurora B and Incenp. Based on these data we propose that the ring of CPC around the chromosomes regulates multiple aspects of meiotic cell division including spindle assembly, the establishment of bipolarity, the recruitment of important spindle organization factors, and the biorientation of homologous chromosomes.

Indexed as

AnimalsAurora KinasesCentrosomeChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneChromosomesDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsFemaleKinesinsMeiosisMicrotubulesM Phase Cell Cycle CheckpointsOocytesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesRNA InterferenceAurora KinasesChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDrosophila ProteinsIncenp protein, DrosophilaKinesinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSUB protein, Drosophila

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PMID22865736
PMCPMC3454873
OpenAlexW2108609652

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