Biology 105
Eukaryotic Cell Biology

November 7, 2006 Mitosis

Today's Handouts: Lecture Outline Complete Reading List (PDF)

Lecture Slides available via WebCT
(Note: Slides will be available with 24 hours of lecture)

Required Reading:

Alberts et al. (2002). Molecular Biology of the Cell, pp. 1027-1050.

C.L. Reider, E.D. Salmon (1998) The vertebrate cell kinetochore and its role during mitosis. Trends Cell Biol. 8:310-318. (review)

J.C. Waters, R.H. Chen, A.W. Murray, G.J. Gorbsky, E.D. Salmon and R.B.Nicklas (1999) Mad2 binding by phosphorylated kinetochores links error detection and checkpoint action in mitosis. Curr. Biol. 9: 649-652.

T.J. Mitchison and E.D. Salmon (2001) Mitosis: a history of division. Nat. Cell Biol. 3: E17-E21. (review)

S. Westermann, H. Wang, A. Avila-Sakar, D.G. Drubin, E. Nogales and G. Barnes (2006) The Dam1 kinetochore ring complex moves processively on depolymerizing microtubule ends. Nature. 440: 565-569.

Salmon Lab (UNC) Movies

Video supplements to Maddox et al. (2003) J. Cell Biol. 162:377