Search Results - "Wainman, Alan"
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SAPs as a new model to probe the pathway of centriole and centrosome assembly
Published in Biochemical Society transactions (30-06-2021)“…Centrioles are important cellular organelles involved in the formation of both cilia and centrosomes. It is therefore not surprising that their dysfunction may…”
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Centrosome function and assembly in animal cells
Published in Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology (01-10-2015)“…Key Points Centrosomes are not essential for cell division in most animal cells, although they contribute to the efficiency of mitotic spindle assembly…”
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Structural Basis for Mitotic Centrosome Assembly in Flies
Published in Cell (01-06-2017)“…In flies, Centrosomin (Cnn) forms a phosphorylation-dependent scaffold that recruits proteins to the mitotic centrosome, but how Cnn assembles into a scaffold…”
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Cdk1 Phosphorylates Drosophila Sas-4 to Recruit Polo to Daughter Centrioles and Convert Them to Centrosomes
Published in Developmental cell (20-06-2016)“…Centrosomes and cilia are organized by a centriole pair comprising an older mother and a younger daughter. Centriole numbers are tightly regulated, and…”
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A homeostatic clock sets daughter centriole size in flies
Published in The Journal of cell biology (02-04-2018)“…Centrioles are highly structured organelles whose size is remarkably consistent within any given cell type. New centrioles are born when Polo-like kinase 4…”
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The Centrosome-Specific Phosphorylation of Cnn by Polo/Plk1 Drives Cnn Scaffold Assembly and Centrosome Maturation
Published in Developmental cell (31-03-2014)“…Centrosomes are important cell organizers. They consist of a pair of centrioles surrounded by pericentriolar material (PCM) that expands dramatically during…”
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Cell cycle dependent coordination of surface layer biogenesis in Caulobacter crescentus
Published in Nature communications (18-04-2024)“…Surface layers (S-layers) are proteinaceous, two-dimensional paracrystalline arrays that constitute a major component of the cell envelope in many prokaryotic…”
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Absolute quantitation of individual SARS-CoV-2 RNA molecules provides a new paradigm for infection dynamics and variant differences
Published in eLife (20-01-2022)“…Despite an unprecedented global research effort on SARS-CoV-2, early replication events remain poorly understood. Given the clinical importance of emergent…”
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Evidence that a positive feedback loop drives centrosome maturation in fly embryos
Published in eLife (09-09-2019)“…Centrosomes are formed when mother centrioles recruit pericentriolar material (PCM) around themselves. The PCM expands dramatically as cells prepare to enter…”
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Drosophila Ana1 is required for centrosome assembly and centriole elongation
Published in Journal of cell science (01-07-2016)“…Centrioles organise centrosomes and cilia, and these organelles have an important role in many cell processes. In flies, the centriole protein Ana1 is required…”
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Dissecting the function and assembly of acentriolar microtubule organizing centers in Drosophila cells in vivo
Published in PLoS genetics (01-05-2015)“…Acentriolar microtubule organizing centers (aMTOCs) are formed during meiosis and mitosis in several cell types, but their function and assembly mechanism is…”
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A molecular mechanism of mitotic centrosome assembly in Drosophila
Published in eLife (22-08-2014)“…Centrosomes comprise a pair of centrioles surrounded by pericentriolar material (PCM). The PCM expands dramatically as cells enter mitosis, but it is unclear…”
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Re-examining the role of Drosophila Sas-4 in centrosome assembly using two-colour-3D-SIM FRAP
Published in eLife (04-11-2015)“…Centrosomes have many important functions and comprise a 'mother' and 'daughter' centriole surrounded by pericentriolar material (PCM). The mother centriole…”
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Rab1 interacts with GOLPH3 and controls Golgi structure and contractile ring constriction during cytokinesis in Drosophila melanogaster
Published in Open biology (01-01-2017)“…Cytokinesis requires a tight coordination between actomyosin ring constriction and new membrane addition along the ingressing cleavage furrow. However, the…”
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A new Augmin subunit, Msd1, demonstrates the importance of mitotic spindle-templated microtubule nucleation in the absence of functioning centrosomes
Published in Genes & development (15-08-2009)“…The Drosophila Augmin complex localizes gamma-tubulin to the microtubules of the mitotic spindle, regulating the density of spindle microtubules in tissue…”
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A microtubule interactome: complexes with roles in cell cycle and mitosis
Published in PLoS biology (01-04-2008)“…The microtubule (MT) cytoskeleton is required for many aspects of cell function, including the transport of intracellular materials, the maintenance of cell…”
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The Drosophila Pericentrin-like-protein (PLP) cooperates with Cnn to maintain the integrity of the outer PCM
Published in Biology open (15-08-2015)“…Centrosomes comprise a pair of centrioles surrounded by a matrix of pericentriolar material (PCM). In vertebrate cells, Pericentrin plays an important part in…”
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Expansion microscopy on Drosophila spermatocyte centrioles
Published in Expansion Microscopy for Cell Biology (2021)“…Drosophila spermatocyte centrioles are ideal for imaging studies. Their large, characteristic V conformation is both easy to identify and measure using…”
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Regulation of centrosome size by the cell-cycle oscillator in Drosophila embryos
Published in The EMBO journal (01-02-2024)“…Mitotic centrosomes assemble when centrioles recruit large amounts of pericentriolar material (PCM) around themselves. In early C. elegans embryos, mitotic…”
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Imaging cellular structures in super-resolution with SIM, STED and Localisation Microscopy: A practical comparison
Published in Scientific reports (06-06-2016)“…Many biological questions require fluorescence microscopy with a resolution beyond the diffraction limit of light. Super-resolution methods such as Structured…”
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