Term Name: attachment of spindle microtubules to kinetochore
Synonyms: amphotelic attachment, attachment of spindle microtubules to chromosome, bipolar attachment, kinetochore microtubule interaction, kinetochore-microtubule attachment, kinetochore-microtubule interaction, microtubule anchoring at kinetochore, microtubule and chromosome interaction, microtubule and kinetochore interaction, microtubule capture, spindle chromosome attachment, spindle kinetochore attachment, spindle-chromosome interaction
Definition: The process in which spindle microtubules become physically associated with the proteins making up the kinetochore complex.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0008608]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: metaphase chromosome alignment
is a type of: cell cycle process
has subtype: attachment of meiotic spindle microtubules to kinetochore attachment of meiotic spindle microtubules to meiosis II kinetochore attachment of mitotic spindle microtubules to kinetochore sister chromatid biorientation spindle attachment to meiosis I kinetochore
has_part: microtubule binding
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of attachment of spindle microtubules to kinetochore
positively regulated by: positive regulation of attachment of spindle microtubules to kinetochore
regulated by: regulation of attachment of spindle microtubules to kinetochore