Three wise centromere functions: see no error, hear no break, speak no delay

Cohesin-Dependent Association of Scc2/4 with the Centromere Initiates Pericentromeric Cohesion Establishment

(2013) Josefin Fernius et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Functions of the centromere and kinetochore in chromosome segregation

(2013) Frederick G Westhorpe et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Chromosome Engineering Allows the Efficient Isolation of Vertebrate Neocentromeres

(2013) Wei-Hao Shang et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Location, location, location: it's all in the timing for replication origins

(2013) O. M. Aparicio   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

DROMPA: easy-to-handle peak calling and visualization software for the computational analysis and validation of ChIP-seq data

(2013) Ryuichiro Nakato et al.   GENES TO CELLS

The Composition, Functions, and Regulation of the Budding Yeast Kinetochore

(2013) Sue Biggins   GENETICS

Kinetochores Coordinate Pericentromeric Cohesion and Early DNA Replication by Cdc7-Dbf4 Kinase Recruitment

(2013) Toyoaki Natsume et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Tension sensing by Aurora B kinase is independent of survivin-based centromere localization

(2013) Christopher S. Campbell et al.   NATURE

Phosphoregulation promotes release of kinetochores from dynamic microtubules via multiple mechanisms

(2013) K. K. Sarangapani et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Aurora B and Cdk1 mediate Wapl activation and release of acetylated cohesin from chromosomes by phosphorylating Sororin

(2013) T. Nishiyama et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Family matters: structural and functional conservation of centromere-associated proteins from yeast to humans

(2013) Stefan Westermann et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Forkhead Transcription Factors Establish Origin Timing and Long-Range Clustering in S. cerevisiae

(2012) Simon R.V. Knott et al.   CELL

CENP-A: the key player behind centromere identity, propagation, and kinetochore assembly

(2012) Valérie De Rop et al.   CHROMOSOMA

Establishment of the vertebrate kinetochores

(2012) Tetsuya Hori et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

The Spindle Assembly Checkpoint

(2012) Pablo Lara-Gonzalez et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Budding Yeast Wapl Controls Sister Chromatid Cohesion Maintenance and Chromosome Condensation

(2012) Lidia Lopez-Serra et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Mouse Rif1 is a key regulator of the replication-timing programme in mammalian cells

(2012) Daniela Cornacchia et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Rif1 regulates the replication timing domains on the human genome

(2012) Satoshi Yamazaki et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Replicating centromeric chromatin: Spatial and temporal control of CENP-A assembly

(2012) Yael Nechemia-Arbely et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Rif1 is a global regulator of timing of replication origin firing in fission yeast

(2012) M. Hayano et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Conservation of replication timing reveals global and local regulation of replication origin activity

(2012) C. A. Muller et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

A stochastic model of kinetochore–microtubule attachment accurately describes fission yeast chromosome segregation

(2012) Guillaume Gay et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Replisome Stability at Defective DNA Replication Forks Is Independent of S Phase Checkpoint Kinases

(2012) Giacomo De Piccoli et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Phosphorylation-enabled binding of SGO1–PP2A to cohesin protects sororin and centromeric cohesion during mitosis

(2012) Hong Liu et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

The chromosomal passenger complex (CPC): from easy rider to the godfather of mitosis

(2012) Mar Carmena et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Geometry and force behind kinetochore orientation: lessons from meiosis

(2012) Yoshinori Watanabe   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Microtubule attachment and spindle assembly checkpoint signalling at the kinetochore

(2012) Emily A. Foley et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Replication timing and its emergence from stochastic processes

(2012) John Bechhoefer et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Genome-wide Analysis Reveals Extensive Functional Interaction between DNA Replication Initiation and Transcription in the Genome of Trypanosoma brucei

(2012) Calvin Tiengwe et al.   Cell Reports

Functional Centromeres Determine the Activation Time of Pericentric Origins of DNA Replication in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

(2012) Thomas J. Pohl et al.   PLoS Genetics

Origin Association of Sld3, Sld7, and Cdc45 Proteins Is a Key Step for Determination of Origin-Firing Timing

(2011) Seiji Tanaka et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Common ground: small RNA programming and chromatin modifications

(2011) Erwan Lejeune et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

The Role of Shugoshin in Meiotic Chromosome Segregation

(2011) D. Clift et al.   CYTOGENETIC AND GENOME RESEARCH

RNA and epigenetic silencing: Insight from fission yeast

(2011) Derek B. Goto et al.   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Sld7, an Sld3-associated protein required for efficient chromosomal DNA replication in budding yeast

(2011) Tamon Tanaka et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

GENETIC VARIATION AND DNA REPLICATION TIMING, OR WHY IS THERE LATE REPLICATING DNA?

(2011) John Herrick   EVOLUTION

Mutation Rates across Budding Yeast Chromosome VI Are Correlated with Replication Timing

(2011) Gregory I. Lang et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Spindle assembly checkpoint: the third decade

(2011) A. Musacchio   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Merotelic kinetochore attachment: causes and effects

(2011) Juraj Gregan et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Sororin Mediates Sister Chromatid Cohesion by Antagonizing Wapl

(2010) Tomoko Nishiyama et al.   CELL

Toward the mechanisms preventing merotelic kinetochore-microtubule attachments

(2010) Christian G. Riedel   CELL CYCLE

Sli15INCENP Dephosphorylation Prevents Mitotic Checkpoint Reengagement Due to Loss of Tension at Anaphase Onset

(2010) Lesia Mirchenko et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

ATP Hydrolysis Is Required for Relocating Cohesin from Sites Occupied by Its Scc2/4 Loading Complex

(2010) Bin Hu et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

RNAi-dependent formation of heterochromatin and its diverse functions

(2010) Shiv IS Grewal   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

Kinetochore–microtubule interactions: steps towards bi-orientation

(2010) Tomoyuki U Tanaka   EMBO JOURNAL

HP1: Heterochromatin binding proteins working the genome

(2010) Weihua Zeng et al.   Epigenetics

Loss of pRB causes centromere dysfunction and chromosomal instability

(2010) A. L. Manning et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

How do Cdc7 and cyclin-dependent kinases trigger the initiation of chromosome replication in eukaryotic cells?

(2010) K. Labib   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Regulated targeting of protein phosphatase 1 to the outer kinetochore by KNL1 opposes Aurora B kinase

(2010) Dan Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Aurora B Phosphorylates Spatially Distinct Targets to Differentially Regulate the Kinetochore-Microtubule Interface

(2010) Julie P.I. Welburn et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Tension directly stabilizes reconstituted kinetochore-microtubule attachments

(2010) Bungo Akiyoshi et al.   NATURE

Cohesin cleavage and Cdk inhibition trigger formation of daughter nuclei

(2010) Raquel A. Oliveira et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Mathematical modelling of whole chromosome replication

(2010) Alessandro P. S. de Moura et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Sensing centromere tension: Aurora B and the regulation of kinetochore function

(2010) Michael A. Lampson et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Epigenetically-Inherited Centromere and Neocentromere DNA Replicates Earliest in S-Phase

(2010) Amnon Koren et al.   PLoS Genetics

Cohesin: Its Roles and Mechanisms

(2009) Kim Nasmyth et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Heterochromatin and the cohesion of sister chromatids

(2009) Marc Gartenberg   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Studies of meiosis disclose distinct roles of cohesion in the core centromere and pericentromeric regions

(2009) Takeshi Sakuno et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

The life and miracles of kinetochores

(2009) Stefano Santaguida et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Genome-wide replication profiles indicate an expansive role for Rpd3L in regulating replication initiation timing or efficiency, and reveal genomic loci of Rpd3 function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

(2009) S. R.V. Knott et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Ipl1-dependent phosphorylation of Dam1 is reduced by tension applied on kinetochores

(2009) P. Keating et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Pericentromeric Sister Chromatid Cohesion Promotes Kinetochore Biorientation

(2009) Tessie M. Ng et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Function and Assembly of DNA Looping, Clustering, and Microtubule Attachment Complexes within a Eukaryotic Kinetochore

(2009) Marybeth Anderson et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Building Sister Chromatid Cohesion: Smc3 Acetylation Counteracts an Antiestablishment Activity

(2009) Benjamin D. Rowland et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Kinetochore geometry defined by cohesion within the centromere

(2009) Takeshi Sakuno et al.   NATURE

The heterochromatin protein Swi6/HP1 activates replication origins at the pericentromeric region and silent mating-type locus

(2009) Makoto T. Hayashi et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Heterochromatin Protein 1 (HP1) Proteins Do Not Drive Pericentromeric Cohesin Enrichment in Human Cells

(2009) Ángel Serrano et al.   PLoS One

Sensing Chromosome Bi-Orientation by Spatial Separation of Aurora B Kinase from Kinetochore Substrates

(2009) D. Liu et al.   SCIENCE

Establishment of Cohesion at the Pericentromere by the Ctf19 Kinetochore Subcomplex and the Replication Fork-Associated Factor, Csm3

(2009) Josefin Fernius et al.   PLoS Genetics

Sister Chromatid Cohesion: A Simple Concept with a Complex Reality

(2008) Itay Onn et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Bi-orienting chromosomes: acrobatics on the mitotic spindle

(2008) Tomoyuki U. Tanaka   CHROMOSOMA

Pericentric Chromatin Is Organized into an Intramolecular Loop in Mitosis

(2008) Elaine Yeh et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Cdc7-Drf1 kinase links chromosome cohesion to the initiation of DNA replication in Xenopus egg extracts

(2008) T. S. Takahashi et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

The cohesin complex and its roles in chromosome biology

(2008) J.-M. Peters et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Bir1 Is Required for the Tension Checkpoint

(2008) Michelle M. Shimogawa et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Acetylation of Smc3 by Eco1 Is Required for S Phase Sister Chromatid Cohesion in Both Human and Yeast

(2008) Jinglan Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Heterochromatin links to centromeric protection by recruiting shugoshin

(2008) Yuya Yamagishi et al.   NATURE

Emerging roles for centromeres in meiosis I chromosome segregation

(2008) Gloria A. Brar et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

A Molecular Determinant for the Establishment of Sister Chromatid Cohesion

(2008) E. U nal et al.   SCIENCE

Eco1-Dependent Cohesin Acetylation During Establishment of Sister Chromatid Cohesion

(2008) T. R. Ben-Shahar et al.   SCIENCE

Molecular architecture of the kinetochore–microtubule interface

(2007) Iain M. Cheeseman et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY