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Dma1-dependent degradation of SIN proteins during meiosis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

The Schizosaccharomyces pombe septation initiation network (SIN) is required for cytokinesis during vegetative growth and for spore formation during meiosis. Regulation of the SIN during mitosis has been studied extensively, but less is known about its mei ...

Company of Biologists2014

NuMA interacts with phosphoinositides and links the mitotic spindle with the plasma membrane

Pierre Gönczy, Coralie Busso, Sachin Kotak

The positioning and the elongation of the mitotic spindle must be carefully regulated. In human cells, the evolutionary conserved proteins LGN/Gai1-3 anchor the coiled-coil protein NuMA and dynein to the cell cortex during metaphase, thus ensuring proper s ...

2014

Characterizing the localization and role of lin-5 and era-1 mRNAs in early C. elegans embryos

Zoltán Péter Spiró

Asymmetric cell division is essential for the generation of diversity during development and the function of stem cell lineages. The Caenorhabditis elegans zygote is an attractive model to investigate the mechanisms of spindle positioning during asymmetric ...

EPFL2014

SAS-1 Is a C2 Domain Protein Critical for Centriole Integrity in C. elegans

Pierre Gönczy, Graham Knott, Simon Blanchoud, Lukas von Tobel, Tamara Mikeladze-Dvali

Centrioles are microtubule-based organelles important for the formation of cilia, flagella and centrosomes. Despite progress in understanding the underlying assembly mechanisms, how centriole integrity is ensured is incompletely understood, including in sp ...

Public Library of Science2014

Automated long-term single cell analysis of Schizosaccharomyces pombe on a microfluidic microchemostat array

Jean-Bernard Nobs

How cells grow and divide is a question that was raised more than 100 years ago. Despite years of research and in-depth knowledge of several molecular mechanisms, the complete system that regulates and coordinates both of those activities within Schizosacc ...

EPFL2014

Anthrax toxin receptor 2a controls mitotic spindle positioning

Françoise Gisou van der Goot Grunberg, Laurence Gouzi Abrami

Oriented mitosis is essential during tissue morphogenesis. The Wnt/planar cell polarity (Wnt/PCP) pathway orients mitosis in a number of developmental systems, including dorsal epiblast cell divisions along the animal-vegetal (A-V) axis during zebrafish ga ...

Nature Publishing Group2013

NuMA phosphorylation by CDK1 couples mitotic progression with cortical dynein function

Pierre Gönczy, Coralie Busso, Sachin Kotak

Spindle positioning and spindle elongation are critical for proper cell division. In human cells, an evolutionary conserved ternary complex (NuMA/LGN/Gαi) anchors dynein at the cortex during metaphase, thus ensuring correct spindle positioning. Whether thi ...

Nature Publishing Group2013

MISP is a novel Plk1 substrate required for proper spindle orientation and mitotic progression

Pierre Gönczy, Sachin Kotak

Precise positioning of the mitotic spindle determines the correct cell division axis and is crucial for organism development. Spindle positioning is mediated through a cortical machinery by capturing astral microtubules, thereby generating pushing/pulling ...

2013

Caenorhabditis elegans centriolar protein SAS-6 forms a spiral that is consistent with imparting a ninefold symmetry

Pierre Gönczy, Georgios Hatzopoulos, Paul Guichard, Isabelle Fluckiger

Centrioles are evolutionary conserved organelles that give rise to cilia and flagella as well as centrosomes. Centrioles display a characteristic ninefold symmetry imposed by the spindle assembly abnormal protein 6 (SAS-6) family. SAS-6 from Chlamydomonas ...

2013

Mechanisms of spindle positioning: cortical force generators in the limelight

Pierre Gönczy, Sachin Kotak

Correct positioning of the spindle governs placement of the cytokinesis furrow and thus plays a crucial role in the partitioning of fate determinants and the disposition of daughter cells in a tissue. Converging evidence indicates that spindle positioning ...

2013

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