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- Introduction
 - The cell cycle
 - Cohesin in the cell cycle
 - Chromatids arrangement at spindal pole
 - Tension-dependent reorientation
 - Kinetochore geometry (1)
 - Kinetochore geometry (2)
 - Chromatids separation in meiosis and mitosis
 - Kinetochore geometry during meiosis (1)
 - Kinetochore geometry during meiosis (2)
 - Organization of centromeres (1)
 - Monopolin complex in budding yeast
 - Models for mono-polar attachment at meiosis I
 - Organization of centromeres (2)
 - Cohesion complex in meiosis and mitosis (1)
 - Studies of chromosomes segregation at meiosis
 - Cohesin is defining kinetochore orientation
 - Rec8 vs. Rad21 at the centromere
 - Cohesion-mediated kinetochore orientation model
 - The central core cohesion in moa1 mutant
 - A lacO array in the core centromere
 - Excision of core centromeres (1)
 - Excision of core centromeres (2)
 - Cohesion depends on Moa1 as well as Rec8
 - Cohesion is disrupted at prophase II
 - Cohesion complex in meiosis and mitosis (2)
 - Centromeric resolution in mitosis
 - Disestablishment of cohesion during mitosis (1)
 - Disestablishment of cohesion during mitosis (2)
 - Kinetochore geometry of mono-orientation
 - Artificial tether at the core centromere
 - Artificial tether restores mono-orientation
 - Artificial tether induces mono-orientation in mitosis
 - Core centromeres regulate orientation
 - Tether applied to the non-cohered chromatids
 - Shugoshin allows segregation at meiosis II
 - Tether applied to the non-cohered chromosomes
 - Opposite tethers effects at centromeric regions
 - Kinetochore orientation is regulated by cohesion
 - Acknowledgements
 
Topics Covered
- The cell cycle
 - Aurora B-dependent destabilization
 - The attachment is stabilized under tension
 - Tension-dependent reorientation
 - Kinetochore geometry
 - Organization of centromeres
 - Budding yeast
 - Two models to account for the mono-polar attachment at meiosis I
 - Rec8 vs. Rad21 at the centromere
 - Cohesion-mediated kinetochore orientation model
 - Is the central core cohesion defective in moa1Δ?
 - A lacO array in the core centromere
 - Excision of core centromeres
 - Cohesion at core centromeres depends on Moa1 as well as Rec8
 - Cohesion at core centromeres is disrupted at prophase II
 - Centromeric resolution in mitosis
 - Core centromere is intrinsically prevented from establishment of cohesion
 - Artificial tether at the core centromere
 - Opposite effects of tethers at the core and peri-centromeric regions
 
Talk Citation
Watanabe, Y. (2009, April 30). Geometric regulation of kinetochore orientation [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved November 4, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/UCTU5710.Export Citation (RIS)
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Financial Disclosures
- Prof. Yoshinori Watanabe has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.