Asymmetric division through a reduction of microtubule centering forces

How cells sense their own shape – mechanisms to probe cell geometry and their implications in cellular organization and function

(2018) Armin Haupt et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Physical forces determining the persistency and centring precision of microtubule asters

(2018) Hirokazu Tanimoto et al.   Nature Physics

Uncovering the balance of forces driving microtubule aster migration in C. elegans zygotes

(2018) A. De Simone et al.   Nature Communications

Microtubule stabilization drives 3D centrosome migration to initiate primary ciliogenesis

(2017) Amandine Pitaval et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Generic Theoretical Models to Predict Division Patterns of Cleaving Embryos

(2016) Anaëlle Pierre et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Shape–motion relationships of centering microtubule asters

(2016) Hirokazu Tanimoto et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Centrosome centering and decentering by microtubule network rearrangement

(2016) Gaëlle Letort et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

A force-generating machinery maintains the spindle at the cell center during mitosis

(2016) C. Garzon-Coral et al.   SCIENCE

Cortical Dynein Controls Microtubule Dynamics to Generate Pulling Forces that Position Microtubule Asters

(2012) Liedewij Laan et al.   CELL

Growth, interaction, and positioning of microtubule asters in extremely large vertebrate embryo cells

(2012) Timothy Mitchison et al.   Cytoskeleton

Predicting division plane position and orientation

(2012) Nicolas Minc et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Influence of Cell Geometry on Division-Plane Positioning

(2011) Nicolas Minc et al.   CELL

Mitotic Spindle Orientation in Asymmetric and Symmetric Cell Divisions during Animal Development

(2011) Xavier Morin et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

A Model for Cleavage Plane Determination in Early Amphibian and Fish Embryos

(2010) Martin Wühr et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Intracellular organelles mediate cytoplasmic pulling force for centrosome centration in the Caenorhabditis elegans early embryo

(2010) K. Kimura et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

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

Mechanisms of asymmetric cell division: flies and worms pave the way

(2008) Pierre Gönczy   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY