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Making Two out of One: Kinesin Motors Driving Plant Cell Division

Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Kinesin superfamily of microtubule dependent motors is present in all eukaryotes. Not all of the subfamilies are represented in all kingdoms, and the ones that are do not always show conserved functions. Tight control of the cytoskeleton is essential for proper progression and completion of mitosis and cytokinesis, and key functions are ...
Choy Kriechbaum, Sabine Müller
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Meiosis-specific gene discovery in plants: RNA-Seq applied to isolated Arabidopsis male meiocytes

BMC Plant Biology, 2010
Background Meiosis is a critical process in the reproduction and life cycle of flowering plants in which homologous chromosomes pair, synapse, recombine and segregate. Understanding meiosis will not only advance our knowledge of the mechanisms of genetic
May Gregory D, Crow John A, Mudge Joann, Langley Raymond J, Farmer Andrew D, Chen Changbin, Huntley James, Smith Alan G, Retzel Ernest F   +8 more
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The system of genetic exchange in Trypanosoma brucei and other trypanosomatids [PDF]

, 2007
In this chapter, we discuss our current understanding of the systems of genetic exchange in trypanosomatids and the im-pact the recent genome projects have had on this area of research.
MacLeod, A., Tait, A., Turner, C.M.R.
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The role of Schizosaccharomyces pombe SUMO ligases in genome stability [PDF]

, 2007
SUMOylation is a post-translational modification that affects a large number of proteins, many of which are nuclear. While the role of SUMOylation is beginning to be elucidated, it is clear that understanding the mechanisms that regulate the process is ...
A. Skilton, al-Khodairy, Allshire, Allshire, Andrews, Apionishev, Branzei, Chakrabarti, Cheng, E.A. Outwin, Ekwall, F.-X. Ogi, F.Z. Watts, Grishchuk, Ho, Ho, Hoege, Hooker, J.C.-Y. Ho, Johnson, Kagey, Kahyo, L. Gardner, L.K. Boyd, M.A.M. Trickey, McDonald, Okubo, Pichler, Potts, Reindle, Sachdev, Schmidt, Sergeant, Shayeghi, Shin, Stelter, Strahl-Bolsinger, Tanaka, Taylor, Thon, Watts, Xhemalce, Xhemalce, Zhao, Zhao   +44 more
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In Vitro Live Cell Imaging Reveals Nuclear Dynamics and Role of the Cytoskeleton During Asymmetric Division of Pollen Mitosis I in Nicotiana Benthamiana

Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pollen is a male gametophyte of angiosperms. Following meiosis, the microspore undergoes an asymmetric division called pollen mitosis I (PMI), which produces two cells of different sizes: a large vegetative cell and a small generative cell. Polarized nuclear migration and positioning during PMI are important for successful pollen development ...
Yoko Mizuta, Masako Igarashi, Tomomi Shinagawa, Ikuma Kaneshiro, Haoto Anan, Daisuke Kurihara   +5 more
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Recent advances in understanding of meiosis initiation and the apomictic pathway in plants

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2014
Meiosis, a specialized cell division to produce haploid cells, marks the transition from a sporophytic to a gametophytic generation in the life cycle of plants.
Chung-Ju Rachel Wang, Ching-Chih eTseng, Ching-Chih eTseng   +2 more
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Telomeres cluster de novo before the initiation of synapsis: a three-dimensional spatial analysis of telomere positions before and during meiotic prophase. [PDF]

, 1997
We have analyzed the progressive changes in the spatial distribution of telomeres during meiosis using three-dimensional, high resolution fluorescence microscopy.
Agard, DA, Bass, HW, Cande, WZ, Marshall, WF, Sedat, JW   +4 more
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Titin Is Present in the Elastic Tethers That Connect Separating Anaphase Chromosomes in Crane‐Fly Spermatocytes

Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Elastic tethers connect telomeres of separating chromosomes in anaphase of animal cells. Immunofluorescence staining of titin in crane‐fly spermatocytes, using 4 different antibodies, shows that the giant elastic protein titin seems to be a component of mitotic tethers: titin “strands” extend between separating chromosomes, connecting their ...
Demetra Economopoulos, Maral Janan, Martina Krüger, Aavo‐Valdur Mikelsaar, Arthur Forer, Rose Sheykhani   +5 more
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Arabidopsis AUGMIN8 Contains Two Independent Microtubule Association Domains

Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Plant cells create a plasma membrane‐associated network of microtubules that are nucleated by γ‐tubulin ring complexes primarily through microtubule‐dependent microtubule nucleation (MDMN). This dynamic array organizes into specific patterns in response to developmental and environmental cues to influence primary cell wall construction.
Naveen K. Chana, Timothy Cioffi, Sidney L. Shaw   +2 more
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The Influence of Drosophila Spire and Myosin V During Mid‐Oogenesis Is Independent of Their Direct Interaction

Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cooperativity between cytoskeletal proteins is crucial for spatiotemporal coordination in biological processes, like oogenesis. In mammalian and Drosophila oogenesis, proper assembly and function of actin networks require coordination between actin assembly factors Spire and formins, as well as actin‐associated proteins like myosins and Rab ...
Joseph Y. Ong, Hannah M. Bailey, Emma Carley, Michelle Panzica, Merin Rixen, Neil Billington, Rong Liu, Margot E. Quinlan   +7 more
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