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ArticleBiophysical journal2014

Conformational mechanism for the stability of microtubule-kinetochore attachments.

Zsolt Bertalan, Caterina A M La Porta, Helder Maiato, Stefano Zapperi

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Zsolt BertalanInstitute for Scientific Interchange Foundation, Torino, Italy.
Caterina A M La PortaDepartment of Biosciences, University of Milano, Milano, Italy.
Helder MaiatoChromosome Instability and Dynamics Laboratory, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Cell Division Unit, Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Stefano ZapperiInstitute for Scientific Interchange Foundation, Torino, Italy; National Research Council of Italy, Istituto per l'Energetica e le Interfasi, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: stefano.zapperi@cnr.it.
Institute for Scientific Interchange · ITUniversidade do Porto · PTUniversity of Milan · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulating the stability of microtubule (MT)-kinetochore attachments is fundamental to avoiding mitotic errors and ensuring proper chromosome segregation during cell division. Although biochemical factors involved in this process have been identified, their mechanics still need to be better understood. Here we introduce and simulate a mechanical model of MT-kinetochore interactions in which the stability of the attachment is ruled by the geometrical conformations of curling MT-protofilaments entangled in kinetochore fibrils. The model allows us to reproduce, with good accuracy, in vitro experimental measurements of the detachment times of yeast kinetochores from MTs under external pulling forces. Numerical simulations suggest that geometrical features of MT-protofilaments may play an important role in the switch between stable and unstable attachments.

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Actin CytoskeletonAmino Acid SequenceKinetochoresMicrotubulesMolecular Sequence DataProtein BindingProtein ConformationProtein StabilitySaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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PMID25028871
PMCPMC4104050
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