High-resolution imaging reveals how the spindle midzone impacts chromosome movement

Highly efficient photocontrol of mitotic kinesin Eg5 ATPase activity using a novel photochromic compound composed of two azobenzene derivatives

(2018) Kei Sadakane et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY

Geometry of antiparallel microtubule bundles regulates relative sliding and stalling by PRC1 and Kif4A

(2018) Sithara Wijeratne et al.   eLife

TrackMate: An open and extensible platform for single-particle tracking

(2017) Jean-Yves Tinevez et al.   METHODS

Microtubule minus-end regulation at spindle poles by an ASPM–katanin complex

(2017) Kai Jiang et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Diatrack particle tracking software: Review of applications and performance evaluation

(2017) Pascal Vallotton et al.   TRAFFIC

Chromosome segregation occurs by microtubule pushing in oocytes

(2017) Kimberley Laband et al.   Nature Communications

MorphoLibJ: integrated library and plugins for mathematical morphology with ImageJ

(2016) David Legland et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

PRC1‐labeled microtubule bundles and kinetochore pairs show one‐to‐one association in metaphase

(2016) Bruno Polak et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Near-atomic cryo-EM structure of PRC1 bound to the microtubule

(2016) Elizabeth H. Kellogg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Overlap microtubules link sister k-fibres and balance the forces on bi-oriented kinetochores

(2016) Janko Kajtez et al.   Nature Communications

A Regulatory Switch Alters Chromosome Motions at the Metaphase-to-Anaphase Transition

(2016) Kuan-Chung Su et al.   Cell Reports

Diffusible Crosslinkers Generate Directed Forces in Microtubule Networks

(2015) Zdenek Lansky et al.   CELL

Measuring Pushing and Braking Forces Generated by Ensembles of Kinesin-5 Crosslinking Two Microtubules

(2015) Yuta Shimamoto et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Three-dimensional tracking of plus-tips by lattice light-sheet microscopy permits the quantification of microtubule growth trajectories within the mitotic apparatus

(2015) Norio Yamashita et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS

Direct interaction between centralspindlin and PRC1 reinforces mechanical resilience of the central spindle

(2015) Kian-Yong Lee et al.   Nature Communications

The lethal response to Cdk1 inhibition depends on sister chromatid alignment errors generated by KIF4 and isoform 1 of PRC1

(2015) Erik Voets et al.   Scientific Reports

Asymmetric Friction of Nonmotor MAPs Can Lead to Their Directional Motion in Active Microtubule Networks

(2014) Scott Forth et al.   CELL

An astral simulacrum of the central spindle accounts for normal, spindle-less, and anucleate cytokinesis in echinoderm embryos

(2014) Kuan-Chung Su et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Physical basis of spindle self-organization

(2014) Jan Brugués et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Lattice light-sheet microscopy: Imaging molecules to embryos at high spatiotemporal resolution

(2014) Bi-Chang Chen et al.   SCIENCE

Marking and Measuring Single Microtubules by PRC1 and Kinesin-4

(2013) Radhika Subramanian et al.   CELL

Eg5 restricts anaphase B spindle elongation in mammalian cells

(2013) Elizabeth Collins et al.   Cytoskeleton

Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

(2012) Johannes Schindelin et al.   NATURE METHODS

Molecular crowding creates traffic jams of kinesin motors on microtubules

(2012) C. Leduc et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Spatial Arrangement of Chromosomes during Prometaphase Facilitates Spindle Assembly

(2011) Valentin Magidson et al.   CELL

KIF4 Regulates Midzone Length during Cytokinesis

(2011) Chi-Kuo Hu et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Adaptive braking by Ase1 prevents overlapping microtubules from sliding completely apart

(2011) Marcus Braun et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

A Minimal Midzone Protein Module Controls Formation and Length of Antiparallel Microtubule Overlaps

(2010) Peter Bieling et al.   CELL

Insights into Antiparallel Microtubule Crosslinking by PRC1, a Conserved Nonmotor Microtubule Binding Protein

(2010) Radhika Subramanian et al.   CELL

Augmin: a protein complex required for centrosome-independent microtubule generation within the spindle

(2008) Gohta Goshima et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The 3Ms of central spindle assembly: microtubules, motors and MAPs

(2008) Michael Glotzer   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY