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Brief Report

The Telomere Repeat Binding Protein Trf1 Interacts with the Spindle Checkpoint Protein Mad1 and Nek2 Mitotic Kinase

Graham Prime and David Markie

volume 4 | issue 1

january 2005
Pages: 121 - 124

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The mitotic spindle checkpoint arrests cells in metaphase until all kinetochores are correctly attached to spindle fibres. In a search for new components of the spindle checkpoint, based on protein interaction, we have identified mouse Telomeric Repeat Binding Factor 1 (Trf1) as a protein that interacts directly with the spindle checkpoint protein Mad1 and the mitotic kinase Nek2. Trf1 has a role in the regulation of telomere length, but has also been implicated in cell cycle regulation. These interactions now provide a direct link between telomere length regulation and the control of mitotic progression.



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