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XB-ART-51377
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2015 Feb 02;72:a015800. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a015800.
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The centrosome and its duplication cycle.

Fu J , Hagan IM , Glover DM .


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The centrosome was discovered in the late 19th century when mitosis was first described. Long recognized as a key organelle of the spindle pole, its core component, the centriole, was realized more than 50 or so years later also to comprise the basal body of the cilium. Here, we chart the more recent acquisition of a molecular understanding of centrosome structure and function. The strategies for gaining such knowledge were quickly developed in the yeasts to decipher the structure and function of their distinctive spindle pole bodies. Only within the past decade have studies with model eukaryotes and cultured cells brought a similar degree of sophistication to our understanding of the centrosome duplication cycle and the multiple roles of this organelle and its component parts in cell division and signaling. Now as we begin to understand these functions in the context of development, the way is being opened up for studies of the roles of centrosomes in human disease.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: ccp110 cdk2 cep135 cep152 cep192 fbxw5 mcm5 nek2 orc1 plk1 plk4 smc3 tp53

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Abrieu, The Polo-like kinase Plx1 is a component of the MPF amplification loop at the G2/M-phase transition of the cell cycle in Xenopus eggs. 1998, Pubmed, Xenbase