Microtubule-depolymerizing kinesins

A standardized kinesin nomenclature

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Kin I kinesins are microtubule-destabilizing enzymes

Desai, A., Verma, S., Mitchison, T. J., & Walczak, C. E. (1999) · Cell · doi:10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80960-5 · Cited by 708 · see citing works

All kinesin superfamily protein, KIF, genes in mouse and human

Miki, H., Setou, M., Kaneshiro, K., & Hirokawa, N. (2001) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.111145398 · Cited by 703 · see citing works

Polewards microtubule flux in the mitotic spindle: evidence from photoactivation of fluorescence.

Mitchison, T. J. (1989) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.109.2.637 · Cited by 600 · see citing works

XKCM1: A Xenopus Kinesin-Related Protein That Regulates Microtubule Dynamics during Mitotic Spindle Assembly

Walczak, C., Mitchison, T. J., & Desai, A. B. (1996) · Cell · doi:10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80991-5 · Cited by 534 · see citing works

Aurora B Regulates MCAK at the Mitotic Centromere

Andrews, P. D., Ovechkina, Y., MORRICE, N. A., Wagenbach, M., Duncan, K., Wordeman, L. G., & Swedlow, J. R. (2004) · Developmental Cell · doi:10.1016/s1534-5807(04)00025-5 · Cited by 531 · see citing works

The design plan of kinesin motors

Vale, R. D., & Fletterick, R. J. (1997) · Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology · doi:10.1146/annurev.cellbio.13.1.745 · Cited by 474 · see citing works

Aurora B Phosphorylates Centromeric MCAK and Regulates Its Localization and Microtubule Depolymerization Activity

Lan, W., Zhang, X., Kline-Smith, S. L., Rosasco, S. E., Barrett‐Wilt, G. A., Shabanowitz, J., Hunt, D. F., Walczak, C., & Stukenberg, P. T. (2004) · Current Biology · doi:10.1016/j.cub.2004.01.055 · Cited by 469 · see citing works

The kinesin-related protein MCAK is a microtubule depolymerase that forms an ATP-hydrolyzing complex at microtubule ends.

Hunter, A., Caplow, M., Coy, D. L., Hancock, W., Diez, S., Wordeman, L., & Howard, J. (2003) · Molecules and Cells · doi:10.1016/s1097-2765(03)00049-2 · Cited by 404 · see citing works

Identification and partial characterization of mitotic centromere-associated kinesin, a kinesin-related protein that associates with centromeres during mitosis.

Wordeman, L. G., & Mitchison, T. J. (1995) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.128.1.95 · Cited by 381 · see citing works

The roles of microtubule-based motor proteins in mitosis

Goshima, G., & Vale, R. D. (2003) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.200303022 · Cited by 380 · see citing works

Control of microtubule dynamics by the antagonistic activities of XMAP215 and XKCM1 in Xenopus egg extracts

Tournebize, R., Popov, A. V., Kinoshita, K., Ashford, A. J., Rybina, S., Pozniakovsky, A., Mayer, T. U., Walczak, C., Karsenti, E., & Hyman, A. A. (1999) · Nature Cell Biology · doi:10.1038/71330 · Cited by 326 · see citing works

Kinesin family in murine central nervous system.

Aizawa, H., Sekine, Y., Takemura, R., Zhang, Z., Nangaku, M., & Hirokawa, N. (1992) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.119.5.1287 · Cited by 321 · see citing works

Two mitotic kinesins cooperate to drive sister chromatid separation during anaphase

Rogers, G. C., Rogers, S. L., Schwimmer, T. A., Ems-McClung, S. C., Walczak, C., Vale, R. D., Scholey, J. M., & Sharp, D. J. (2003) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature02256 · Cited by 317 · see citing works

Mitotic Centromere–associated Kinesin Is Important for Anaphase Chromosome Segregation

Maney, T., Hunter, A. W., Wagenbach, M., & Wordeman, L. G. (1998) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.142.3.787 · Cited by 289 · see citing works

Kinesin Superfamily Protein 2A (KIF2A) Functions in Suppression of Collateral Branch Extension

Homma, N., Takei, Y., Tanaka, Y., Nakata, T., Terada, S., Kikkawa, M., Noda, Y., & Hirokawa, N. (2003) · Cell · doi:10.1016/s0092-8674(03)00522-1 · Cited by 281 · see citing works

Depletion of Centromeric MCAK Leads to Chromosome Congression and Segregation Defects Due to Improper Kinetochore Attachments

Kline-Smith, S. L., Khodjakov, A. L., Hergert, P. J., & Walczak, C. (2003) · Molecular Biology of the Cell · doi:10.1091/mbc.e03-08-0581 · Cited by 280 · see citing works

Time-Lapse Microscopy Reveals Unique Roles for Kinesins during Anaphase in Budding Yeast

Straight, A. F., Sedat, J. W., & Murray, A. W. (1998) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.143.3.687 · Cited by 240 · see citing works

The KinI kinesin Kif2a is required for bipolar spindle assembly through a functional relationship with MCAK

Ganem, N. J., & Compton, D. A. (2004) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.200404012 · Cited by 227 · see citing works

Mitotic Spindle Positioning in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Is Accomplished by Antagonistically Acting Microtubule Motor Proteins

Cottingham, F. R., & Hoyt, M. A. (1997) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.138.5.1041 · Cited by 224 · see citing works

Differentiation of Cytoplasmic and Meiotic Spindle Assembly MCAK Functions by Aurora B-dependent Phosphorylation

Ohi, R., Sapra, K. T., Howard, J., & Mitchison, T. J. (2004) · Molecular Biology of the Cell · doi:10.1091/mbc.e04-02-0082 · Cited by 220 · see citing works

Reconstitution of Physiological Microtubule Dynamics Using Purified Components

Kinoshita, K., Arnal, I., Desai, A. B., Drechsel, D. N., & Hyman, A. A. (2001) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1064629 · Cited by 212 · see citing works

A Common Mechanism for Microtubule Destabilizers—M Type Kinesins Stabilize Curling of the Protofilament Using the Class-Specific Neck and Loops

Ogawa, T., Nitta, R., Okada, Y., & Hirokawa, N. (2004) · Cell · doi:10.1016/s0092-8674(04)00129-1 · Cited by 199 · see citing works

Dynein/dynactin regulate metaphase spindle length by targeting depolymerizing activities to spindle poles

Gaetz, J., & Kapoor, T. M. (2004) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.200404015 · Cited by 197 · see citing works

TOGp, the Human Homolog of XMAP215/Dis1, Is Required for Centrosome Integrity, Spindle Pole Organization, and Bipolar Spindle Assembly

Cassimeris, L., & Morabito, J. (2004) · Molecular Biology of the Cell · doi:10.1091/mbc.e03-07-0544 · Cited by 189 · see citing works

Kinesin-related KIP3 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Is Required for a Distinct Step in Nuclear Migration

DeZwaan, T. M., Ellingson, E., Pellman, D. S., & Roof, D. M. (1997) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.138.5.1023 · Cited by 174 · see citing works

KIF2 is a new microtubule-based anterograde motor that transports membranous organelles distinct from those carried by kinesin heavy chain or KIF3A/B.

Noda, Y., Sato-Yoshitake, R., Kondo, S., Nangaku, M., & Hirokawa, N. (1995) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.129.1.157 · Cited by 167 · see citing works

A Kinesin-like Motor Inhibits Microtubule Dynamic Instability

Bringmann, H., Skiniotis, G., Spilker, A. C., Kandels-Lewis, S. E., Vernos, I., & Surrey, T. (2004) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1094838 · Cited by 152 · see citing works

A Mechanism for Microtubule Depolymerization by KinI Kinesins

Moores, C. A., Yu, M., Guo, J., Béraud, C., Sakowicz, R., & Milligan, R. A. (2002) · Molecular Cell · doi:10.1016/s1097-2765(02)00503-8 · Cited by 146 · see citing works

The Kinesin-related Proteins, Kip2p and Kip3p, Function Differently in Nuclear Migration in Yeast

Miller, R. K., Heller, K. K., Frisèn, L., Wallack, D. L., Loayza, D., Gammie, A. E., & Rose, M. D. (1998) · Molecular Biology of the Cell · doi:10.1091/mbc.9.8.2051 · Cited by 140 · see citing works

Two Related Kinesins,klp5+andklp6+, Foster Microtubule Disassembly and Are Required for Meiosis in Fission Yeast

West, R. R., Malmstrom, T., Troxell, C. L., & McIntosh, J. R. (2001) · Molecular Biology of the Cell · doi:10.1091/mbc.12.12.3919 · Cited by 139 · see citing works

Novel Roles for Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mitotic Spindle Motors

Cottingham, F. R., Gheber, L., Miller, D. L., & Hoyt, M. A. (1999) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.147.2.335 · Cited by 126 · see citing works

A new kinesin tree

Dagenbach, E. M., & Endow, S. A. (2003) · Journal of Cell Science · doi:10.1242/jcs.00875 · Cited by 124 · see citing works

Mitochondrial Association of a Plus End–Directed Microtubule Motor Expressed during Mitosis in Drosophila

Pereira, A., Dalby, B., Stewart, R. J., Doxsey, S., & Goldstein, L. S. B. (1997) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.136.5.1081 · Cited by 121 · see citing works

Stu2 Promotes Mitotic Spindle Elongation in Anaphase

Severin, F. F., Habermann, B. H., Huffaker, T. C., & Hyman, T. (2001) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.153.2.435 · Cited by 120 · see citing works

SCG10‐related neuronal growth‐associated proteins in neural development, plasticity, degeneration, and aging

Mori, N., & Morii, H. (2002) · Journal of Neuroscience Research · doi:10.1002/jnr.10353 · Cited by 119 · see citing works

An Inner Centromere Protein that Stimulates the Microtubule Depolymerizing Activity of a KinI Kinesin

Ohi, R., Coughlin, M. L., Lane, W. S., & Mitchison, T. J. (2003) · Developmental Cell · doi:10.1016/s1534-5807(03)00229-6 · Cited by 114 · see citing works

The mechanism, function and regulation of depolymerizing kinesins during mitosis

Moore, A. T., & Wordeman, L. G. (2004) · Trends in Cell Biology · doi:10.1016/j.tcb.2004.09.001 · Cited by 107 · see citing works

Structure of a kinesin microtubule depolymerization machine

Shipley, K., Hekmat-Nejad, M., Turner, J., Moores, C. A., Anderson, R. L., Milligan, R. A., Sakowicz, R., & Fletterick, R. J. (2004) · The EMBO Journal · doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600165 · Cited by 105 · see citing works

K-loop insertion restores microtubule depolymerizing activity of a “neckless” MCAK mutant

Ovechkina, Y., Wagenbach, M., & Wordeman, L. G. (2002) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.200205089 · Cited by 102 · see citing works

Drug Target Discovery by Gene Expression Analysis Cell Cycle Genes

Walker, M. G. (2001) · Current Cancer Drug Targets · doi:10.2174/1568009013334241 · Cited by 97 · see citing works

Differential functional interplay of TOGp/XMAP215 and the KinI kinesin MCAK during interphase and mitosis

Holmfeldt, P., Stenmark, S., & Gullberg, M. (2004) · The EMBO Journal · doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600076 · Cited by 87 · see citing works

TheDrosophilaKinesin-like Protein KLP67A Is Essential for Mitotic and Male Meiotic Spindle Assembly

Gandhi, R., Bonaccorsi, S., Bilodeau-Wentworth, D., Doxsey, S., Gatti, M., & Pereira, A. (2003) · Molecular Biology of the Cell · doi:10.1091/mbc.e03-05-0342 · Cited by 81 · see citing works

KIF2β, a new kinesin superfamily protein in non‐neuronal cells, is associated with lysosomes and may be implicated in their centrifugal translocation

Santama, N., Krijnse‐Locker, J., Griffiths, G., Noda, Y., Hirokawa, N., & Dotti, C. G. (1998) · The EMBO Journal · doi:10.1093/emboj/17.20.5855 · Cited by 74 · see citing works

XKCM1 acts on a single protofilament and requires the C terminus of tubulin

Niederstrasser, H., Salehi-Had, H., Gan, E. C., Walczak, C., & Nogales, E. (2002) · Journal of Molecular Biology · doi:10.1006/jmbi.2001.5360 · Cited by 73 · see citing works

Maximum Likelihood Methods Reveal Conservation of Function Among Closely Related Kinesin Families

Lawrence‐Dill, C. J., Malmberg, R. L., Muszynski, M. G., & Dawe, R. K. (2002) · Journal of Molecular Evolution · doi:10.1007/s00239-001-0016-y · Cited by 70 · see citing works

DrosophilaKlp67A is required for proper chromosome congression and segregation during meiosis I

Savoian, M. S., Gatt, M. K., Riparbelli, M. G., Callaini, G., & Glover, D. M. (2004) · Journal of Cell Science · doi:10.1242/jcs.01213 · Cited by 62 · see citing works

The Kip3-Like Kinesin KipB Moves along Microtubules and Determines Spindle Position during Synchronized Mitoses in Aspergillus nidulans Hyphae

Rischitor, P. E., Konzack, S., & Fischer, R. (2004) · Eukaryotic Cell · doi:10.1128/ec.3.3.632-645.2004 · Cited by 59 · see citing works

Bipolarization and Poleward Flux Correlate during Xenopus Extract Spindle Assembly

Mitchison, T. J., Maddox, P. S., Groen, A. C., Cameron, L., Perlman, Z. E., Ohi, R., Desai, A. B., Salmon, E. D., & Kapoor, T. M. (2004) · Molecular Biology of the Cell · doi:10.1091/mbc.e04-05-0440 · Cited by 52 · see citing works

Unconventional Motoring: An Overview of the Kin C and Kin I Kinesins

Ovechkina, Y., & Wordeman, L. (2003) · Traffic : the International Journal of Intracellular Transport · doi:10.1034/j.1600-0854.2003.00099.x · Cited by 48 · see citing works

MCAK, a Kin I kinesin, increases the catastrophe frequency of steady‐state HeLa cell microtubules in an ATP‐dependent manner in vitro

Newton, C. N., Wagenbach, M., Ovechkina, Y., Wordeman, L. G., & Wilson, L. (2004) · FEBS Letters · doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2004.06.093 · Cited by 48 · see citing works

C-terminus of mitotic centromere-associated kinesin (MCAK) inhibits its lattice-stimulated ATPase activity

Moore, A. T., & Wordeman, L. G. (2004) · Biochemical Journal · doi:10.1042/bj20040736 · Cited by 39 · see citing works

XMAP215, XKCM1, NuMA, and cytoplasmic dynein are required for the assembly and organization of the transient microtubule array during the maturation of Xenopus oocytes

Becker, B. E., Romney, S. J., & Gard, D. L. (2003) · Developmental Biology · doi:10.1016/s0012-1606(03)00330-0 · Cited by 39 · see citing works

Identification and phylogenetic analysis of Dictyostelium discoideum kinesin proteins

Kollmar, M., & Glöckner, G. (2003) · BMC Genomics · doi:10.1186/1471-2164-4-47 · Cited by 35 · see citing works

Regulation of KinI kinesin ATPase activity by binding to the microtubule lattice

Moores, C. A., Hekmat-Nejad, M., Sakowicz, R., & Milligan, R. A. (2003) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.200304034 · Cited by 31 · see citing works

Expression and Partial Characterization of Kinesin-related Proteins in Differentiating and Adult Skeletal Muscle

Ginkel, L. M., & Wordeman, L. G. (2000) · Molecular Biology of the Cell · doi:10.1091/mbc.11.12.4143 · Cited by 30 · see citing works

Expression of a novel HsMCAK mRNA splice variant, tsMCAK gene, in human testis

Cheng, L. J., Zhou, Z. M., Li, J. M., Zhu, H., Zhu, H., Zhou, Y. D., Wang, L. R., Lin, M., & Sha, J. H. (2002) · Life Sciences · doi:10.1016/s0024-3205(02)02079-9 · Cited by 17 · see citing works

Smart polymeric gels: Redefining the limits of biomedical devices

Chaterji, S., Kwon, I. K., & Park, K. (2007) · Progress in Polymer Science · doi:10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2007.05.018 · Cited by 615 · see citing works

The Kinesin-13 Proteins Kif2a, Kif2b, and Kif2c/MCAK Have Distinct Roles during Mitosis in Human Cells

Manning, A. L., Ganem, N. J., Bakhoum, S. F. W., Wagenbach, M., Wordeman, L. G., & Compton, D. A. (2007) · Molecular Biology of the Cell · doi:10.1091/mbc.e07-02-0110 · Cited by 243 · see citing works

Stochastic mechano-chemical kinetics of molecular motors: A multidisciplinary enterprise from a physicist’s perspective

Chowdhury, D. (2013) · Physics Reports · doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2013.03.005 · Cited by 218 · see citing works

Recognition of C-terminal amino acids in tubulin by pore loops in Spastin is important for microtubule severing

White, S. R., Evans, K. J., Lary, J. W., Cole, J. L., & Lauring, B. P. (2007) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.200610072 · Cited by 172 · see citing works

Molecular mechanisms of microtubule-dependent kinetochore transport toward spindle poles

Tanaka, K., Kitamura, E., Kitamura, Y., & Tanaka, T. U. (2007) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.200702141 · Cited by 164 · see citing works

In vitro reconstitution of the functional interplay between MCAK and EB3 at microtubule plus ends

Montenegro Gouveia, S., Leslie, K., Kapitein, L. C., Buey, R. M., Grigoriev, I., Wagenbach, M., Smal, I., Meijering, E., Hoogenraad, C. C., Wordeman, L., et al. (2010) · Current Biology · doi:10.1016/j.cub.2010.08.020 · Cited by 147 · see citing works

Kinesin-13s in mitosis: Key players in the spatial and temporal organization of spindle microtubules

Ems-McClung, S. C., & Walczak, C. E. (2010) · Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology · doi:10.1016/j.semcdb.2010.01.016 · Cited by 154 · see citing works

A complex of Kif18b and MCAK promotes microtubule depolymerization and is negatively regulated by Aurora kinases

Tanenbaum, M. E., Macurek, L., van der Vaart, B., Galli, M., Akhmanova, A., & Medema, R. H. (2011) · Current Biology · doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.07.017 · Cited by 148 · see citing works

Microtubule-associated proteins in higher plants

Hamada, T. (2007) · Journal of Plant Research · doi:10.1007/s10265-006-0057-9 · Cited by 129 · see citing works

Biophysics of mitosis

McIntosh, J. R., Molodtsov, M. I., & Ataullakhanov, F. I. (2012) · Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics · doi:10.1017/s0033583512000017 · Cited by 128 · see citing works

A Novel Microtubule-Depolymerizing Kinesin Involved in Length Control of a Eukaryotic Flagellum

Blaineau, C., Tessier, M., Dubessay, P., Tasse, L., Crobu, L., Pagès, M., & Bastien, P. (2007) · Current Biology · doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.03.048 · Cited by 120 · see citing works

Kinetochore capture and bi-orientation on the mitotic spindle

Tanaka, T. U., Stark, M. J. R., & Tanaka, K. (2005) · Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology · doi:10.1038/nrm1764 · Cited by 111 · see citing works

Kinetochore–microtubule interactions: the means to the end

Tanaka, T. U., & Desai, A. B. (2008) · Current Opinion in Cell Biology · doi:10.1016/j.ceb.2007.11.005 · Cited by 110 · see citing works

Kinesins in MAPK cascade: How kinesin motors are involved in the MAPK pathway?

Liang, Y., & Yang, W.-X. (2018) · Gene · doi:10.1016/j.gene.2018.10.042 · Cited by 100 · see citing works

Paxillin-dependent stimulation of microtubule catastrophes at focal adhesion sites

Efimov, A., Schiefermeier-Mach, N., Grigoriev, I., Brown, M. C., Turner, C. E., Small, J. V., & Kaverina, I. (2008) · Journal of Cell Science · doi:10.1242/jcs.012666 · Cited by 100 · see citing works

Plk1 and Aurora A regulate the depolymerase activity and the cellular localization of Kif2a

Jang, C.-Y., Coppinger, J. A., Seki, A., Yates, J. R., & Fang, G. (2009) · Journal of Cell Science · doi:10.1242/jcs.044321 · Cited by 99 · see citing works

Motor proteins at the microtubule plus-end

Wu, X., Xiang, X., & Hammer, J. A. (2006) · Trends in Cell Biology · doi:10.1016/j.tcb.2006.01.004 · Cited by 97 · see citing works

Building Complexity: Insights into Self-Organized Assembly of Microtubule-Based Architectures

Subramanian, R., & Kapoor, T. M. (2012) · Developmental Cell · doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2012.10.011 · Cited by 93 · see citing works

Functions of the Arabidopsis kinesin superfamily of microtubule-based motor proteins

Zhu, C., & Dixit, R. (2011) · PROTOPLASMA · doi:10.1007/s00709-011-0343-9 · Cited by 85 · see citing works

Microtubule Length Regulation by Molecular Motors

Melbinger, A., Reese, L., & Frey, E. (2012) · Physical Review Letters · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.108.258104 · Cited by 84 · see citing works

DDA3 recruits microtubule depolymerase Kif2a to spindle poles and controls spindle dynamics and mitotic chromosome movement

Jang, C., Wong, J., Coppinger, J. A., Seki, A., Yates, J. R., & Fang, G. (2008) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.200711032 · Cited by 80 · see citing works

Poleward Tubulin Flux in Spindles: Regulation and Function in Mitotic Cells

Buster, D. W., Zhang, D., & Sharp, D. J. (2007) · Molecular Biology of the Cell · doi:10.1091/mbc.e06-11-0994 · Cited by 75 · see citing works

Fission Yeast Kinesin-8 Klp5 and Klp6 Are Interdependent for Mitotic Nuclear Retention and Required for Proper Microtubule Dynamics

Unsworth, A. E., Masuda, H., Dhut, S., & Toda, T. (2008) · Molecular Biology of the Cell · doi:10.1091/mbc.e08-02-0224 · Cited by 73 · see citing works

Mitotic centromere-associated kinesin (MCAK): a potential cancer drug target

Sanhaji, M., Friel, C. T., Wordeman, L. G., Louwen, F., & Yuan, J. (2011) · Oncotarget · doi:10.18632/oncotarget.416 · Cited by 70 · see citing works

Length Regulation of Active Biopolymers by Molecular Motors

Johann, D., Erlenkämper, C., & Kruse, K. (2012) · Physical Review Letters · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.108.258103 · Cited by 66 · see citing works

Crowding of Molecular Motors Determines Microtubule Depolymerization

Reese, L., Melbinger, A., & Frey, E. (2011) · Biophysical Journal · doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2011.09.009 · Cited by 64 · see citing works

Centrosomal protein CEP104/ChlamydomonasFAP256 moves to the ciliary tip during cilia assembly

Tammana, T. V. S., Tammana, D., Diener, D. R., & Rosenbaum, J. L. (2013) · Journal of Cell Science · doi:10.1242/jcs.133439 · Cited by 64 · see citing works

Whole genome functional analysis identifies novel components required for mitotic spindle integrity in human cells

Rines, D. R., Gómez-Ferrerı́a, M. A., Zhou, Y., DeJesus, P., Grob, S., Batalov, S., Labow, M., Huesken, D., Mickanin, C., Hall, J., et al. (2008) · Genome biology · doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-2-r44 · Cited by 61 · see citing works

MCAK and Paclitaxel Have Differential Effects on Spindle Microtubule Organization and Dynamics

Rizk, R. S., Bohannon, K. P., Wetzel, L. A., Powers, J. A., Shaw, S. L., & Walczak, C. (2009) · Molecular Biology of the Cell · doi:10.1091/mbc.e08-09-0985 · Cited by 59 · see citing works

Quantitative phosphoproteomics reveals new roles for the protein phosphatase PP6 in mitotic cells

Rusin, S. F., Schlosser, K. A., Adamo, M. E., & Kettenbach, A. N. (2015) · Science Signaling · doi:10.1126/scisignal.aab3138 · Cited by 58 · see citing works

Evaluation of Toxicological Monitoring Markers Using Proteomic Analysis in Rats Exposed to Formaldehyde

Im, H., Oh, E., Mun, J., Khim, J.-Y., Lee, E., Kang, H.-S., Kim, E., Kim, H., Won, N. H., Kim, Y. H., et al. (2006) · Journal of Proteome Research · doi:10.1021/pr050437b · Cited by 58 · see citing works

Functional and Spatial Regulation of Mitotic Centromere- Associated Kinesin by Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 1

Sanhaji, M., Friel, C. T., Kreis, N., Krämer, A., Martin, C., Howard, J., Strebhardt, K., & Yuan, J. (2010) · Molecular and Cellular Biology · doi:10.1128/mcb.00098-10 · Cited by 57 · see citing works

Building the Microtubule Cytoskeleton Piece by Piece

Alfaro-Aco, R., & Petry, S. (2015) · Journal of Biological Chemistry · doi:10.1074/jbc.r115.638452 · Cited by 56 · see citing works

Cep55 regulates spindle organization and cell cycle progression in meiotic oocyte

Xu, Z.-Y., Ma, X., Qi, S., Wang, Z., Guo, L., Schatten, H., Sun, Q., & Sun, Y. (2015) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/srep16978 · Cited by 56 · see citing works

Structure of the Kinesin13-Microtubule Ring Complex

Tan, D., Rice, W. J., & Sosa, H. (2008) · Structure · doi:10.1016/j.str.2008.08.017 · Cited by 56 · see citing works

Molecular insight into the regulation and function of MCAK

Ritter, A., Kreis, N., Louwen, F., Wordeman, L. G., & Yuan, J. (2016) · Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · doi:10.1080/10409238.2016.1178705 · Cited by 54 · see citing works

Spinocerebellar ataxia type 11-associated alleles of Ttbk2 dominantly interfere with ciliogenesis and cilium stability

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