Low Concentrations of Taxol Cause Mitotic Delay Followed by Premature Dissociation of p55CDC from Mad2 and BubR1 and Abrogation of the Spindle checkpoint, Leading to Aneuploidy

Authors:
  • CYChia-Ping Huang Yang
    Chia-Ping Huang Yang
  • TMTomohiro Matsumoto
    Tomohiro Matsumoto
  • SHSusan Band Horwitz
    Susan Band Horwitz

Abstract
Taxol is widely used for the treatment of human cancer. Its mechanism ofaction in cells is dependent on drug concentration. At low concentrations ofTaxol (5-10 nM), cells exhibit aberrant mitosis, ...