Two spatially distinct kinesin-14 proteins, Pkl1 and Klp2, generate collaborative inward forces against kinesin-5 Cut7 in S. pombe

Multiple kinesin-14 family members drive microtubule minus end–directed transport in plant cells

(2017) Moé Yamada et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

A potential physiological role for bi-directional motility and motor clustering of mitotic kinesin-5 Cin8 in yeast mitosis

(2017) Ofer Shapira et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Molecular mechanisms of kinesin-14 motors in spindle assembly and chromosome segregation

(2017) Zhen-Yu She et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

A microtubule polymerase cooperates with the kinesin-6 motor and a microtubule cross-linker to promote bipolar spindle assembly in the absence of kinesin-5 and kinesin-14 in fission yeast

(2017) Masashi Yukawa et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

The tetrameric kinesin Kif25 suppresses pre-mitotic centrosome separation to establish proper spindle orientation

(2017) Justin Decarreau et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Kinesin-5-independent mitotic spindle assembly requires the antiparallel microtubule crosslinker Ase1 in fission yeast

(2017) Sergio A. Rincon et al.   Nature Communications

The mitotic kinesin-14 KlpA contains a context-dependent directionality switch

(2017) Andrew R. Popchock et al.   Nature Communications

Schizosaccharomyces pombekinesin-5 switches direction using a steric blocking mechanism

(2016) Mishan Britto et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A CEP215–HSET complex links centrosomes with spindle poles and drives centrosome clustering in cancer

(2016) Pavithra L. Chavali et al.   Nature Communications

Regulatory mechanisms that control mitotic kinesins

(2015) Amber L. Yount et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

The Aspergillus nidulans bimC4 mutation provides an excellent tool for identification of kinesin-14 inhibitors

(2015) Betsy Wang et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

The Msd1–Wdr8–Pkl1 complex anchors microtubule minus ends to fission yeast spindle pole bodies

(2015) Masashi Yukawa et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Microtubule minus end motors kinesin-14 and dynein drive nuclear congression in parallel pathways

(2015) Kathleen Scheffler et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Loss of kinesin-14 results in aneuploidy via kinesin-5-dependent microtubule protrusions leading to chromosome cut

(2015) Viktoriya Syrovatkina et al.   Nature Communications

Bidirectional motility of the fission yeast kinesin-5, Cut7

(2014) Masaki Edamatsu   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

B56-PP2A regulates motor dynamics for mitotic chromosome alignment

(2014) P. Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Kinesin-14 and kinesin-5 antagonistically regulate microtubule nucleation by γ-TuRC in yeast and human cells

(2014) Zachary T. Olmsted et al.   Nature Communications

Kinesin-14 Pkl1 targets γ-tubulin for release from the γ-tubulin ring complex (γ-TuRC)‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

(2013) Zachary T. Olmsted et al.   CELL CYCLE

The human kinesin-14 HSET tracks the tips of growing microtubules in vitro

(2013) Marcus Braun et al.   Cytoskeleton

Fission yeast MOZART1/Mzt1 is an essential γ-tubulin complex component required for complex recruitment to the microtubule organizing center, but not its assembly

(2013) Hirohisa Masuda et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Development of a Drosophila Cell-Based Error Correction Assay

(2013) Jeffrey D. Salemi et al.   Frontiers in Oncology

The kinesin-14 Klp2 is negatively regulated by the SIN for proper spindle elongation and telophase nuclear positioning

(2012) Sebastian Mana-Capelli et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Systematic Localization Study on Novel Proteins Encoded by Meiotically Up-Regulated ORFs in Fission Yeast

(2011) Chiho IKEBE et al.   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Protein complexes at the microtubule organizing center regulate bipolar spindle assembly

(2011) Adrianna S. Rodriguez et al.   CELL CYCLE

Distinct Kinesin-14 mitotic mechanisms in spindle bipolarity

(2011) Dimitre R. Simeonov et al.   CELL CYCLE

Directionality of individual kinesin-5 Cin8 motors is modulated by loop 8, ionic strength and microtubule geometry

(2011) Adina Gerson-Gurwitz et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Directional Switching of the Kinesin Cin8 Through Motor Coupling

(2011) J. Roostalu et al.   SCIENCE

Patterns of kinesin evolution reveal a complex ancestral eukaryote with a multifunctional cytoskeleton

(2010) Bill Wickstead et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Proper Organization of Microtubule Minus Ends Is Needed for Midzone Stability and Cytokinesis

(2010) Shang Cai et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The Microtubule-Associated Protein AtMAP70-5 Regulates Secondary Wall Patterning in Arabidopsis Wood Cells

(2010) Edouard Pesquet et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Mechanisms of Centrosome Separation and Bipolar Spindle Assembly

(2010) Marvin E. Tanenbaum et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Prometaphase spindle maintenance by an antagonistic motor-dependent force balance made robust by a disassembling lamin-B envelope

(2010) Gul Civelekoglu-Scholey et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Spindle Fusion Requires Dynein-Mediated Sliding of Oppositely Oriented Microtubules

(2009) Jesse C. Gatlin et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Dynein Antagonizes Eg5 by Crosslinking and Sliding Antiparallel Microtubules

(2009) Nick P. Ferenz et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Fission yeast Pcp1 links polo kinase-mediated mitotic entry to γ-tubulin-dependent spindle formation

(2009) Chii Shyang Fong et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

The kinesin-14 Klp2 organizes microtubules into parallel bundles by an ATP-dependent sorting mechanism

(2009) Marcus Braun et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Kinesin superfamily motor proteins and intracellular transport

(2009) Nobutaka Hirokawa et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Dynein, Lis1 and CLIP-170 counteract Eg5-dependent centrosome separation during bipolar spindle assembly

(2008) Marvin E Tanenbaum et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Diffusion and Directed Movement

(2008) Ken'ya Furuta et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Sister Kinetochore Recapture in Fission Yeast Occurs by Two Distinct Mechanisms, Both Requiring Dam1 and Klp2

(2008) Yannick Gachet et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Kinesin-14 Family Proteins HSET/XCTK2 Control Spindle Length by Cross-Linking and Sliding Microtubules

(2008) Shang Cai et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL