Cdk1 inactivation induces post-anaphase-onset spindle migration and membrane protrusion required for extreme asymmetry in mouse oocytes

Shifting meiotic to mitotic spindle assembly in oocytes disrupts chromosome alignment

(2018) Isma Bennabi et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Cdk1-dependent phosphoinhibition of a formin-F-BAR interaction opposes cytokinetic contractile ring formation

(2018) Alaina H. Willet et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

The Actin Cytoskeleton and Actin-Based Motility

(2018) Tatyana Svitkina   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

A disassembly-driven mechanism explains F-actin-mediated chromosome transport in starfish oocytes

(2018) Philippe Bun et al.   eLife

Meiotic spindle assembly and chromosome segregation in oocytes

(2016) Isma Bennabi et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Haspin kinase regulates microtubule-organizing center clustering and stability through Aurora kinase C in mouse oocytes

(2016) Ahmed Z. Balboula et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Anillin localization suggests distinct mechanisms of division plane specification in mouse oogenic meiosis I and II

(2015) Bedra Sharif et al.   GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS

Oocyte maturation: gamete-somatic cells interactions, meiotic resumption, cytoskeletal dynamics and cytoplasmic reorganization

(2015) Giovanni Coticchio et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION UPDATE

Nicotinamide Impairs Entry into and Exit from Meiosis I in Mouse Oocytes

(2015) Angelique Riepsamen et al.   PLoS One

Rho-GTPase Effector ROCK Phosphorylates Cofilin in Actin-Meditated Cytokinesis During Mouse Oocyte Meiosis1

(2014) Xing Duan et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Dual-mode regulation of the APC/C by CDK1 and MAPK controls meiosis I progression and fidelity

(2014) Ibtissem Nabti et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Actin-based spindle positioning: new insights from female gametes

(2014) M. Almonacid et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Synergistic blockade of mitotic exit by two chemical inhibitors of the APC/C

(2014) Katharine L. Sackton et al.   NATURE

Fluorogenic probes for live-cell imaging of the cytoskeleton

(2014) Gražvydas Lukinavičius et al.   NATURE METHODS

Non-canonical function of spindle assembly checkpoint proteins after APC activation reduces aneuploidy in mouse oocytes

(2014) Simon I.R. Lane et al.   Nature Communications

Selective Disruption of Aurora C Kinase Reveals Distinct Functions from Aurora B Kinase during Meiosis in Mouse Oocytes

(2014) Ahmed Z. Balboula et al.   PLoS Genetics

Hec1-Dependent Cyclin B2 Stabilization Regulates the G2-M Transition and Early Prometaphase in Mouse Oocytes

(2013) Liming Gui et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Sequential actin-based pushing forces drive meiosis I chromosome migration and symmetry breaking in oocytes

(2013) Kexi Yi et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Increased CDK1 activity determines the timing of kinetochore-microtubule attachments in meiosis I

(2013) Olga Davydenko et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

A soft cortex is essential for asymmetric spindle positioning in mouse oocytes

(2013) Agathe Chaigne et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

The APC/C in female mammalian meiosis I

(2013) Hayden Homer   REPRODUCTION

Anaphase B Precedes Anaphase A in the Mouse Egg

(2012) Greg FitzHarris   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Polar body cytokinesis

(2012) Amy Shaub Maddox et al.   Cytoskeleton

Polar body emission

(2012) X. Johné Liu   Cytoskeleton

Spire-Type Actin Nucleators Cooperate with Formin-2 to Drive Asymmetric Oocyte Division

(2011) Sybille Pfender et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Symmetry breaking in mouse oocytes requires transient F-actin meshwork destabilization

(2011) J. Azoury et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Initial diameter of the polar body contractile ring is minimized by the centralspindlin complex

(2011) Amy S. Fabritius et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Symmetrical division of mouse oocytes during meiotic maturation can lead to the development of twin embryos that amalgamate to form a chimeric hermaphrodite

(2011) J. Otsuki et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Dynamic maintenance of asymmetric meiotic spindle position through Arp2/3-complex-driven cytoplasmic streaming in mouse oocytes

(2011) Kexi Yi et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Arp2/3 Complex Regulates Asymmetric Division and Cytokinesis in Mouse Oocytes

(2011) Shao-Chen Sun et al.   PLoS One

Mechanism of the chromosome-induced polar body extrusion in mouse eggs

(2011) Qiong Wang et al.   Cell Division

Actomyosin Tube Formation in Polar Body Cytokinesis Requires Anillin in C. elegans

(2010) Jonas F. Dorn et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Aurora-C Kinase Deficiency Causes Cytokinesis Failure in Meiosis I and Production of Large Polyploid Oocytes in Mice

(2010) Kuo-Tai Yang et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Identification and Characterization of a Small Molecule Inhibitor of Formin-Mediated Actin Assembly

(2009) Syed A. Rizvi et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Epithelial Cell Transforming Protein 2 (ECT2) Depletion Blocks Polar Body Extrusion and Generates Mouse Oocytes Containing Two Metaphase II Spindles

(2009) Judith Elbaz et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

A Spindle Assembly Checkpoint Protein Functions in Prophase I Arrest and Prometaphase Progression

(2009) H. Homer et al.   SCIENCE

Global Analysis of Cdk1 Substrate Phosphorylation Sites Provides Insights into Evolution

(2009) L. J. Holt et al.   SCIENCE

A Cell Cycle Timer for Asymmetric Spindle Positioning

(2009) Erin K. McCarthy Campbell et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

A New Model for Asymmetric Spindle Positioning in Mouse Oocytes

(2008) Melina Schuh et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Spindle Positioning in Mouse Oocytes Relies on a Dynamic Meshwork of Actin Filaments

(2008) Jessica Azoury et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Polar Body Emission Requires a RhoA Contractile Ring and Cdc42-Mediated Membrane Protrusion

(2008) Xuan Zhang et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL