Cell division: AAAtacking the mitotic spindle

Curr Biol. 2004 Jan 20;14(2):R70-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.12.048.

Abstract

Cell division requires the assembly of a microtubule-based spindle which captures and segregates sister chromatids. But how is this spindle broken down once chromosome segregation is complete? New evidence implicates a highly conserved AAA-ATPase in spindle disassembly at the end of mitosis.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine Triphosphatases
  • Animals
  • Cell Cycle Proteins / metabolism*
  • Cell Division / physiology*
  • Microtubule-Associated Proteins / metabolism
  • Molecular Chaperones / metabolism
  • Nuclear Pore Complex Proteins / metabolism
  • Nucleocytoplasmic Transport Proteins
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / metabolism
  • Spindle Apparatus / metabolism*
  • Spindle Apparatus / physiology
  • Valosin Containing Protein
  • Vesicular Transport Proteins
  • Xenopus
  • Yeasts

Substances

  • Ase1 protein, S cerevisiae
  • Cell Cycle Proteins
  • Microtubule-Associated Proteins
  • Molecular Chaperones
  • NPL4 protein, S cerevisiae
  • Nuclear Pore Complex Proteins
  • Nucleocytoplasmic Transport Proteins
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
  • UFD1 protein, S cerevisiae
  • Vesicular Transport Proteins
  • Adenosine Triphosphatases
  • CDC48 protein, S cerevisiae
  • Valosin Containing Protein