Laser microsurgery reveals conserved viscoelastic behavior of the kinetochore

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

(2016) Janko Kajtez et al.   Nature Communications

Direct kinetochore–spindle pole connections are not required for chromosome segregation

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Force on spindle microtubule minus ends moves chromosomes

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A divide and conquer strategy for the maximum likelihood localization of low intensity objects

(2014) Alexander Krull et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Kinetochores require oligomerization of Dam1 complex to maintain microtubule attachments against tension and promote biorientation

(2014) Neil T. Umbreit et al.   Nature Communications

The functions and consequences of force at kinetochores

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The spatial segregation of pericentric cohesin and condensin in the mitotic spindle

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Deformations Within Moving Kinetochores Reveal Different Sites of Active and Passive Force Generation

(2012) S. Dumont et al.   SCIENCE

Insights into the Micromechanical Properties of the Metaphase Spindle

(2011) Yuta Shimamoto et al.   CELL

Cohesin, condensin, and the intramolecular centromere loop together generate the mitotic chromatin spring

(2011) Andrew D. Stephens et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Laser microsurgery provides evidence for merotelic kinetochore attachments in fission yeast cells lacking Pcs1 or Clr4

(2010) Cornelia Rumpf et al.   CELL CYCLE

Directly probing the mechanical properties of the spindle and its matrix

(2010) Jesse C. Gatlin et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Tension directly stabilizes reconstituted kinetochore-microtubule attachments

(2010) Bungo Akiyoshi et al.   NATURE

The life and miracles of kinetochores

(2009) Stefano Santaguida et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Ase1/Prc1-dependent spindle elongation corrects merotely during anaphase in fission yeast

(2009) Thibault Courtheoux et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Kinetochore stretching inactivates the spindle assembly checkpoint

(2009) Kazuhiko S.K. Uchida et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Intrakinetochore stretch is associated with changes in kinetochore phosphorylation and spindle assembly checkpoint activity

(2009) Thomas J. Maresca et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Intracellular nanosurgery and cell enucleation using a picosecond laser

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