Article
Preimplantation mouse embryos depend on inhibitory phosphorylation of separase to prevent chromosome missegregation.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Mar 2009
Huang Xingxu, Andreu-Vieyra Claudia V, Wang Meizhi, Cooney Austin J, Matzuk Martin M, Zhang Pumin
Abstract excerpt
Separase is a critical protease that catalyzes the cleavage of sister chromatid cohesins to allow the separation of sister chromatids in the anaphase. Its activity must be inhibited prior to the onset of the anaphase. Two inhibitory mechanisms exist in vertebrates that block the protease activity...
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