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ReviewCell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.)

Regulation of microtubule growth rates and their impact on chromosomal instability.

Lia Mara Gomes Paim, Susanne Bechstedt

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Review in Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Lia Mara Gomes PaimDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.ORCID 0009-0005-8886-5344
Susanne BechstedtDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4706-9975

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microtubules are polymers of α/β tubulin dimers that build the mitotic spindle, which segregates duplicated chromosomes during cell division. Microtubule function is governed by dynamic instability, whereby cycles of growth and shrinkage contribute to the forces necessary for chromosome movement. Regulation of microtubule growth velocity requires cell cycle-dependent changes in expression, localization and activity of microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) as well as tubulin post-translational modifications that modulate microtubule dynamics. It has become clear that optimal microtubule growth velocities are required for proper chromosome segregation and ploidy maintenance. Suboptimal microtubule growth rates can result from altered activity of MAPs and could lead to aneuploidy, possibly by disrupting the establishment of microtubule bundles at kinetochores and altering the mechanical forces required for sister chromatid segregation. Future work using high-resolution, low-phototoxicity microscopy and novel fluorescent markers will be invaluable in obtaining deeper mechanistic insights into how microtubule processes contribute to chromosome segregation.

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Chromosomal InstabilityMicrotubulesAnimalsChromosome SegregationHumansKinetochoresMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsSpindle ApparatusTubulinMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsTubulinaneuploidychromosomal instabilitychromosome segregationmicrotubule-associated proteinsMicrotubule dynamicsmitosis

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PMID40260826
PMCPMC12243913

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