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Dissociation of the nuclear basket triggers chromosome loss in aging yeast

1 month 3 weeks ago
In many organisms, aging is a clear risk factor for chromosome missegregation, the main source of aneuploidy. Here, we report that old yeast cells lose chromosomes by partitioning them asymmetrically to their daughter cells together with the pre-existing (old) spindle pole body (SPB, centrosome equivalent in yeast). Strikingly, remodelling of the nuclear pore complex (NPC) and the displacement of its nuclear basket triggered these asymmetric chromosome segregation events. Simultaneously, nuclear...
Mihailo Mirkovic

In Science Journals

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Science, Volume 390, Issue 6772, Page 485-487, October 2025.
Michael Funk, and Miguel Torres, Di Jiang, Michael A. Funk, Sacha Vignieri, Caroline Ash, Daniela Neuhofer, Claire Olingy, Wei Wong, Marc S. Lavine, Phil Szuromi, Jesse Smith, Mattia Maroso, and Corinne Simonti