BookPeter De Wulf, William C. Earnshaw, editors.
Contents:
Centromeres and kinetochores : an historical perspective / Kerry S. Bloom
The basics of chromosome segregation / Mitsuhiro Yanagida
The centromere / Beth A. Sullivan
Neocentromeres / Owen J. Marshall and K.H. Andy Choo
Human artificial centromeres : de novo assembly of functional centromeres on human artificial chromosomes / Hiroshi Masumoto, Teruaki Okada, and Yasuhide Okamoto
Kinetochore composition, formation, and organization / Tatsuo Fukagawa and Peter De Wulf
Evolution of centromeres and kinetochores : a two-part fugue / Paul B. Talbert, Joshua J. Bayes, and Steven Henikoff
Mitotic spindle assembly mechanisms / Rebecca Heald and Claire E. Walczak
Kinetochore-microtubule interactions / Lesley Clayton and Tomoyuki U. Tanaka
Post-translational modifications that regulate kinetochore activity / Chitra V. Kotwaliwale and Sue Biggins
The role of the kinetochore in spindle checkpoint signaling / P. Todd Stukenberg and Daniel J. Burke
Kinetochore regulation of anaphase and cytokinesis / Scott Thomas and Kenneth B. Kaplan
Roles of centromeres and kinetochores in meiosis / Adele L. Marston
The kinetochore-cancer connection / Takeshi Tomonaga
The kinetochore as target for cancer drug development / Song-tao Liu and Tim J. Yen.