Micronuclei Formation Is Prevented by Aurora B-Mediated Exclusion of HP1a from Late-Segregating Chromatin in Drosophila.
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SUBMITTER: Warecki B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6116970 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
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Micronuclei Formation Is Prevented by Aurora B-Mediated Exclusion of HP1a from Late-Segregating Chromatin in <i>Drosophila</i>.
Warecki Brandt B Sullivan William W
Genetics 20180709 1
While it is known that micronuclei pose a serious risk to genomic integrity by undergoing chromothripsis, mechanisms preventing micronucleus formation remain poorly understood. Here, we investigate how late-segregating acentric chromosomes that would otherwise form micronuclei instead reintegrate into daughter nuclei by passing through Aurora B kinase-dependent channels in the nuclear envelope of <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> neuroblasts. We find that localized concentrations of Aurora B prefer ...[more]
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