The cytoplasmic dynein transport machinery and its many cargoes

SL Reck-Peterson, WB Redwine, RD Vale… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2018 - nature.com
Cytoplasmic dynein 1 is an important microtubule-based motor in many eukaryotic cells.
Dynein has critical roles both in interphase and during cell division. Here, we focus on …

Causes and consequences of centrosome abnormalities in cancer

SA Godinho, D Pellman - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Centrosome amplification is a hallmark of cancer. However, despite significant progress in
recent years, we are still far from understanding how centrosome amplification affects …

The centrosome is an actin-organizing centre

F Farina, J Gaillard, C Guérin, Y Couté… - Nature cell …, 2016 - nature.com
Microtubules and actin filaments are the two main cytoskeleton networks supporting
intracellular architecture and cell polarity. The centrosome nucleates and anchors …

[HTML][HTML] Generation and regulation of microtubule network asymmetry to drive cell polarity

JCM Meiring, BI Shneyer, A Akhmanova - Current opinion in cell biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Microtubules control cell architecture by serving as a scaffold for intracellular transport,
signaling, and organelle positioning. Microtubules are intrinsically polarized, and their …

Disruption of Plasmodium falciparum kinetochore proteins destabilises the nexus between the centrosome equivalent and the mitotic apparatus

J Li, GJ Shami, B Liffner, E Cho, F Braet… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Plasmodium falciparum is the causative agent of malaria and remains a pathogen of global
importance. Asexual blood stage replication, via a process called schizogony, is an …

Acentriolar mitosis activates a p53-dependent apoptosis pathway in the mouse embryo

H Bazzi, KV Anderson - Proceedings of the National …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Centrosomes are the microtubule-organizing centers of animal cells that organize
interphase microtubules and mitotic spindles. Centrioles are the microtubule-based …

Active diffusion positions the nucleus in mouse oocytes

M Almonacid, WW Ahmed, M Bussonnier, P Mailly… - Nature cell …, 2015 - nature.com
In somatic cells, the position of the cell centroid is dictated by the centrosome. The
centrosome is instrumental in nucleus positioning, the two structures being physically …

The sperm centrioles

T Avidor-Reiss, A Carr, EL Fishman - Molecular and Cellular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Centrioles are eukaryotic subcellular structures that produce and regulate massive
cytoskeleton superstructures. They form centrosomes and cilia, regulate new centriole …

Epithelial homeostasis

IG Macara, R Guyer, G Richardson, Y Huo, SM Ahmed - Current biology, 2014 - cell.com
Epithelia form intelligent, dynamic barriers between the external environment and an
organism's interior. Intercellular cadherin-based adhesions adapt and respond to …

Nrg1 Regulates cardiomyocyte migration and cell cycle in ventricular development

J Grego-Bessa, P Gómez-Apiñaniz, B Prados… - Circulation …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND: Cardiac ventricles provide the contractile force of the beating heart
throughout life. How the primitive endocardium-layered myocardial projections called …