Abstract

Zhang and colleagues demonstrate how the premature aging phenotypes in progeria involve a mitotic spindle-assembly-checkpoint protein, BUBR1. BUBR1 is misanchored to the nuclear membrane by progerin and its mRNA is destabilized in progeria, preventing it from functioning properly.

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