FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
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Term attachment of spindle microtubules to kinetochore ID (Ontology) GO:0008608 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The process in which spindle microtubules become physically associated with the proteins making up the kinetochore complex.[ PubMed:10322137 ]
Also Known As"attachment of spindle microtubules to chromosome" ; "kinetochore-microtubule attachment" ; "microtubule anchoring at kinetochore" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
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 attachment of spindle microtubules to kinetochore (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
     involved_in | attachment of spindle microtubules to kinetochore
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 |__cell cycle process______________|
chromosome localization             |
 |__metaphase chromosome alignment__|
nuclear chromosome segregation      |
 |__metaphase chromosome alignment__|
                                    attachment of spindle microtubules to kinetochore  12 rec.
                                     |__attachment of meiotic spindle microtubules to kinetochore 2 rec.
                                     |   |__attachment of meiotic spindle microtubules to meiosis II kinetochore
                                     |   |__spindle attachment to meiosis I kinetochore(+) 1 rec.
                                     |__attachment of mitotic spindle microtubules to kinetochore 5 rec.
                                     |   |__lateral attachment of mitotic spindle microtubules to kinetochore(+)
                                     |   |__mitotic sister chromatid biorientation 1 rec.
                                     |   |__regulation of attachment of mitotic spindle microtubules to kinetochore(+)
                                     |__regulation of attachment of spindle microtubules to kinetochore 1 rec.
                                     |   |__negative regulation of attachment of spindle microtubules to kinetochore(+)
                                     |   |__positive regulation of attachment of spindle microtubules to kinetochore(+) 1 rec.
                                     |   |__regulation of attachment of mitotic spindle microtubules to kinetochore(+)
                                     |   |__regulation of spindle attachment to meiosis I kinetochore(+)
                                     |__sister chromatid biorientation 2 rec.
                                         |__mitotic sister chromatid biorientation 1 rec.
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Is a cell cycle process
Part of metaphase chromosome alignment
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  • "amphotelic attachment" RELATED
    "attachment of spindle microtubules to chromosome" EXACT
    "bipolar attachment" RELATED
    "kinetochore microtubule interaction" BROAD
    "kinetochore-microtubule attachment" EXACT
    "kinetochore-microtubule interaction" BROAD
    "microtubule anchoring at kinetochore" EXACT
    "microtubule and chromosome interaction" BROAD
    "microtubule and kinetochore interaction" RELATED
    "microtubule capture" NARROW
    "spindle chromosome attachment" EXACT
    "spindle kinetochore attachment" EXACT
    "spindle-chromosome interaction" BROAD
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