Chromosome segregation requires the capture of kinetochores by microtubules, a process that in yeast mitosis is facilitated by kinetochores being tethered to spindle poles. Sato and colleagues find that in meiosis I, when kinetochores are not tethered to poles, a microtubule array associated with TACC (Alp7) and TOG proteins (Alp14 and Dis1) retrieves kinetochores in a Polo-kinase-dependent manner.
- Yasutaka Kakui
- Masamitsu Sato
- Masayuki Yamamoto