Polar relaxation by dynein-mediated removal of cortical myosin II

PLK1 plays dual roles in centralspindlin regulation during cytokinesis

(2019) Ingrid E. Adriaans et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Aurora-A Breaks Symmetry in Contractile Actomyosin Networks Independently of Its Role in Centrosome Maturation

(2019) Peng Zhao et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Aurora A depletion reveals centrosome-independent polarization mechanism in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2019) Kerstin Klinkert et al.   eLife

Mechanical stress induces a scalable switch in cortical flow polarization during cytokinesis

(2019) Deepika Singh et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

An interphase contractile ring reshapes primordial germ cells to allow bulk cytoplasmic remodeling

(2019) Chelsea Maniscalco et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Combinatorial Contact Cues Specify Cell Division Orientation by Directing Cortical Myosin Flows

(2018) Kenji Sugioka et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

TPXL-1 activates Aurora A to clear contractile ring components from the polar cortex during cytokinesis

(2018) Sriyash Mangal et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The cytoplasmic dynein transport machinery and its many cargoes

(2018) Samara L. Reck-Peterson et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Tumor suppressor APC is an attenuator of spindle-pulling forces duringC. elegansasymmetric cell division

(2018) Kenji Sugioka et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A positive feedback-based mechanism for constriction rate acceleration during cytokinesis in C. elegans

(2018) Renat N Khaliullin et al.   eLife

Optogenetic dissection of mitotic spindle positioning in vivo

(2018) Lars-Eric Fielmich et al.   eLife

Microtubule Feedback and LET-99-Dependent Control of Pulling Forces Ensure Robust Spindle Position

(2018) Hélène Bouvrais et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The polarity-induced force imbalance in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos is caused by asymmetric binding rates of dynein to the cortex

(2018) Ruddi Rodriguez-Garcia et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Two populations of cytoplasmic dynein contribute to spindle positioning in C. elegans embryos

(2017) Ruben Schmidt et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

DeconvolutionLab2: An open-source software for deconvolution microscopy

(2017) Daniel Sage et al.   METHODS

CYK-4 regulates Rac, but not Rho, during cytokinesis

(2017) Yelena Zhuravlev et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

C. elegans chromosomes connect to centrosomes by anchoring into the spindle network

(2017) Stefanie Redemann et al.   Nature Communications

Controlling contractile instabilities in the actomyosin cortex

(2017) Masatoshi Nishikawa et al.   eLife

Cortical PAR polarity proteins promote robust cytokinesis during asymmetric cell division

(2016) Shawn N. Jordan et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Augmin shapes the anaphase spindle for efficient cytokinetic furrow ingression and abscission

(2016) Ryota Uehara et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Centralspindlin in Rappaport’s cleavage signaling

(2016) Masanori Mishima   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Cortical flow aligns actin filaments to form a furrow

(2016) Anne-Cecile Reymann et al.   eLife

Aurora B Kinase Promotes Cytokinesis by Inducing Centralspindlin Oligomers that Associate with the Plasma Membrane

(2015) Angika Basant et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

PAR-4 and anillin regulate myosin to coordinate spindle and furrow position during asymmetric division

(2015) Anne Pacquelet et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Chromatids segregate without centrosomes during Caenorhabditis elegans mitosis in a Ran- and CLASP-dependent manner

(2015) Wallis Nahaboo et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Kinetochore-localized PP1–Sds22 couples chromosome segregation to polar relaxation

(2015) Nelio T. L. Rodrigues et al.   NATURE

Kinetochore components are required for central spindle assembly

(2015) Gilliane Maton et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Cytokinesis in Animal Cells

(2015) Pier Paolo D’Avino et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

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

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

CYK4 Promotes Antiparallel Microtubule Bundling by Optimizing MKLP1 Neck Conformation

(2015) Tim Davies et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The RhoGAP activity of CYK-4/MgcRacGAP functions non-canonically by promoting RhoA activation during cytokinesis

(2015) Donglei Zhang et al.   eLife

The KLP-7 Residue S546 Is a Putative Aurora Kinase Site Required for Microtubule Regulation at the Centrosome in C. elegans

(2015) Xue Han et al.   PLoS One

Furrow Constriction in Animal Cell Cytokinesis

(2014) Hervé Turlier et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

High-Resolution Temporal Analysis Reveals a Functional Timeline for the Molecular Regulation of Cytokinesis

(2014) Tim Davies et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

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

(2014) S. Kotak et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

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

Spatial organization of cytokinesis signaling reconstituted in a cell-free system

(2014) P. A. Nguyen et al.   SCIENCE

Cortical Dynein and Asymmetric Membrane Elongation Coordinately Position the Spindle in Anaphase

(2013) Tomomi Kiyomitsu et al.   CELL

Engineering the Caenorhabditis elegans genome using Cas9-triggered homologous recombination

(2013) Daniel J Dickinson et al.   NATURE METHODS

Targeting Aurora B to the Equatorial Cortex by MKlp2 Is Required for Cytokinesis

(2013) Mayumi Kitagawa et al.   PLoS One

Cytokinesis in Animal Cells

(2012) Rebecca A. Green et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

The RhoGAP Domain of CYK-4 Has an Essential Role in RhoA Activation

(2012) Andy Loria et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Polar expansion during cytokinesis

(2012) Heather F.M. Gudejko et al.   Cytoskeleton

Localization of cytokinesis factors to the future cell division site by microtubule-dependent transport

(2012) Erdinc Atilgan et al.   Cytoskeleton

Centralspindlin and chromosomal passenger complex behavior during normal and Rappaport furrow specification in echinoderm embryos

(2012) Haroula Argiros et al.   Cytoskeleton

Centralspindlin: At the heart of cytokinesis

(2012) Erin A. White et al.   Cytoskeleton

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

(2012) Radhika Subramanian et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Cortical dynein is critical for proper spindle positioning in human cells

(2012) Sachin Kotak et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

3-D PSF fitting for fluorescence microscopy: implementation and localization application

(2012) H. KIRSHNER et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY

PRC1 controls spindle polarization and recruitment of cytokinetic factors during monopolar cytokinesis

(2012) Sanjay Shrestha et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

RhoA activation during polarization and cytokinesis of the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo is differentially dependent on NOP-1 and CYK-4

(2012) Yu Chung Tse et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Centralspindlin links the mitotic spindle to the plasma membrane during cytokinesis

(2012) Sergey Lekomtsev et al.   NATURE

Small-molecule inhibitors of the AAA+ ATPase motor cytoplasmic dynein

(2012) Ari J. Firestone et al.   NATURE

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

(2012) Johannes Schindelin et al.   NATURE METHODS

PAR-4/LKB1 Mobilizes Nonmuscle Myosin through Anillin to Regulate C. elegans Embryonic Polarization and Cytokinesis

(2011) Nicolas T. Chartier et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Anillin promotes astral microtubule-directed cortical myosin polarization

(2011) Yu Chung Tse et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Polar actomyosin contractility destabilizes the position of the cytokinetic furrow

(2011) Jakub Sedzinski et al.   NATURE

aPKC phosphorylates NuMA-related LIN-5 to position the mitotic spindle during asymmetric division

(2011) Matilde Galli et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Acute Drug Treatment in the Early C. elegans Embryo

(2011) Ana Carvalho et al.   PLoS One

Aurora B and 14-3-3 Coordinately Regulate Clustering of Centralspindlin during Cytokinesis

(2010) Max E. Douglas et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Long astral microtubules uncouple mitotic spindles from the cytokinetic furrow

(2010) Kathleen E. Rankin et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Anisotropies in cortical tension reveal the physical basis of polarizing cortical flows

(2010) Mirjam Mayer et al.   NATURE

Caenorhabditis elegans EFA-6 limits microtubule growth at the cell cortex

(2010) Sean M. O'Rourke et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Membrane Invaginations Reveal Cortical Sites that Pull on Mitotic Spindles in One-Cell C. elegans Embryos

(2010) Stefanie Redemann et al.   PLoS One

The myriad roles of Anillin during cytokinesis

(2010) Alisa J. Piekny et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

NuMA after 30 years: the matrix revisited

(2010) Andreea E. Radulescu et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Structural Memory in the Contractile Ring Makes the Duration of Cytokinesis Independent of Cell Size

(2009) Ana Carvalho et al.   CELL

Clustering of Centralspindlin Is Essential for Its Accumulation to the Central Spindle and the Midbody

(2009) Andrea Hutterer et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Action at a distance during cytokinesis

(2009) George von Dassow et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Hydrodynamics of Cellular Cortical Flows and the Formation of Contractile Rings

(2009) G. Salbreux et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Concurrent cues for cytokinetic furrow induction in animal cells

(2009) George von Dassow   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Anillin Is a Scaffold Protein That Links RhoA, Actin, and Myosin during Cytokinesis

(2008) Alisa J. Piekny et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A Casein Kinase 1 and PAR Proteins Regulate Asymmetry of a PIP2 Synthesis Enzyme for Asymmetric Spindle Positioning

(2008) Costanza Panbianco et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Cell polarization during monopolar cytokinesis

(2008) Chi-Kuo Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Stable and dynamic microtubules coordinately shape the myosin activation zone during cytokinetic furrow formation

(2008) Victoria E. Foe et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Cytokinetic furrowing in toroidal, binucleate and anucleate cells in C. elegans embryos

(2008) J. K. Baruni et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Dual role for microtubules in regulating cortical contractility during cytokinesis

(2008) K. Murthy et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Systematic Analysis in Caenorhabditis elegans Reveals that the Spindle Checkpoint Is Composed of Two Largely Independent Branches

(2008) Anthony Essex et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Inhibition of Rac by the GAP Activity of Centralspindlin Is Essential for Cytokinesis

(2008) J. C. Canman et al.   SCIENCE

Redundant Mechanisms Recruit Actin into the Contractile Ring in Silkworm Spermatocytes

(2008) Wei Chen et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Distinct Pathways for the Early Recruitment of Myosin II and Actin to the Cytokinetic Furrow

(2007) Mian Zhou et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL