The Dissociation of Cohesin from Chromosomes in Prophase Is Regulated by Polo-like Kinase

Cohesins: Chromosomal Proteins that Prevent Premature Separation of Sister Chromatids

1997 • 1,466 citations

Sister-chromatid separation at anaphase onset is promoted by cleavage of the cohesin subunit Scc1

1999 • 929 citations

Mitotic Phosphorylation of Histone H3 Is Governed by Ipl1/aurora Kinase and Glc7/PP1 Phosphatase in Budding Yeast and Nematodes

2000 • 847 citations

A Direct Link between Sister Chromatid Cohesion and Chromosome Condensation Revealed through the Analysis of MCD1 in S. cerevisiae

1997 • 829 citations

Cleavage of Cohesin by the CD Clan Protease Separin Triggers Anaphase in Yeast

2000 • 799 citations

Anaphase initiation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is controlled by the APC-dependent degradation of the anaphase inhibitor Pds1p.

1996 • 777 citations

Two Distinct Pathways Remove Mammalian Cohesin from Chromosome Arms in Prophase and from Centromeres in Anaphase

2000 • 698 citations

Drosophila Aurora B Kinase Is Required for Histone H3 Phosphorylation and Condensin Recruitment during Chromosome Condensation and to Organize the Central Spindle during Cytokinesis

2001 • 616 citations

Yeast Cohesin complex requires a conserved protein, Eco1p(Ctf7), to establish cohesion between sister chromatids during DNA replication

1999 • 608 citations

An ESP1/PDS1 Complex Regulates Loss of Sister Chromatid Cohesion at the Metaphase to Anaphase Transition in Yeast

1998 • 594 citations

Identification of Xenopus SMC protein complexes required for sister chromatid cohesion

1998 • 594 citations

Purification and Molecular Cloning of Plx1, a Cdc25-Regulatory Kinase from Xenopus Egg Extracts

1996 • 506 citations

Cohesin Cleavage by Separase Required for Anaphase and Cytokinesis in Human Cells

2001 • 490 citations

Essential Roles of Drosophila Inner Centromere Protein (Incenp) and Aurora B in Histone H3 Phosphorylation, Metaphase Chromosome Alignment, Kinetochore Disjunction, and Chromosome Segregation

2001 • 457 citations

Splitting the Chromosome: Cutting the Ties That Bind Sister Chromatids

2000 • 429 citations

Polo-like kinases: a team that plays throughout mitosis

1998 • 424 citations

Characterization of Vertebrate Cohesin Complexes and Their Regulation in Prophase

2000 • 412 citations

Phosphorylation of the Cohesin Subunit Scc1 by Polo/Cdc5 Kinase Regulates Sister Chromatid Separation in Yeast

2001 • 354 citations

Polo-like kinases: positive regulators of cell division from start to finish

1998 • 346 citations

Identification and Characterization of Sa/Scc3p Subunits in the Xenopus and Human Cohesin Complexes

2000 • 304 citations

Characterization of fission yeast cohesin: essential anaphase proteolysis of Rad21 phosphorylated in the S phase

2000 • 277 citations

Pds5 cooperates with cohesin in maintaining sister chromatid cohesion

2000 • 264 citations

Chromosome Cohesion, Condensation, and Separation

2000 • 255 citations

Activated Polo-Like Kinase Plx1 Is Required at Multiple Points during Mitosis in Xenopus laevis

1998 • 233 citations

The polo-like kinase Plx1 is required for M phase exit and destruction of mitotic regulators in Xenopus egg extracts

1998 • 214 citations

Scanning electron microscopy of mammalian chromosomes from prophase to telophase

1991 • 173 citations

A MAP kinase-dependent actin checkpoint ensures proper spindle orientation in fission yeast

2001 • 163 citations

Mitotic Effects of a Constitutively Active Mutant of the Xenopus Polo-Like Kinase Plx1

1999 • 135 citations

Spo76p Is a Conserved Chromosome Morphogenesis Protein that Links the Mitotic and Meiotic Programs

1999 • 120 citations

Subunits and Substrates of the Anaphase-Promoting Complex

1999 • 119 citations

The rad21 Gene Product of Schizosaccharomyces pombe Is a Nuclear, Cell Cycle-regulated Phosphoprotein

1995 • 91 citations

Human Chromatid Cohesin Component hRad21 Is Phosphorylated in M Phase and Associated with Metaphase Centromeres

2001 • 69 citations

Drad21, a Drosophila rad21 homologue expressed in S-phase cells

2000 • 27 citations