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Microtubule-Associated Proteins

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    Gouveia B, Petry S. +TIPs condense on microtubule plus-ends. Nat Cell Biol. 2023;25(1):12–14. PMID: 36650376
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    Rale M, Romer B, Mahon B, Travis S, Petry S. The conserved centrosomin motif, γTuNA, forms a dimer that directly activates microtubule nucleation by the γ-tubulin ring complex (γTuRC). Elife. 2022;11. PMCID: PMC9859039
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    Travis S, Mahon B, Petry S. How Microtubules Build the Spindle Branch by Branch. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol. 2022;38:1–23. PMCID: PMC9619725
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    Eeftens J, Kapoor M, Michieletto D, Brangwynne C. Polycomb condensates can promote epigenetic marks but are not required for sustained chromatin compaction. Nat Commun. 2021;12(1):5888. PMCID: PMC8497513
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    Thawani A, Petry S. Molecular insight into how γ-TuRC makes microtubules. J Cell Sci. 2021;134(14). PMCID: PMC8325954
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    Safari M, King M, Brangwynne C, Petry S. Interaction of spindle assembly factor TPX2 with importins-α/β inhibits protein phase separation. J Biol Chem. 2021;297(3):100998. PMCID: PMC8390506
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    Gai Y, Cook B, Setru S, Stone H, Petry S. Confinement size determines the architecture of Ran-induced microtubule networks. Soft Matter. 2021;17(24):5921–5931. PMCID: PMC8958645
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    Alfaro-Aco R, Thawani A, Petry S. Biochemical reconstitution of branching microtubule nucleation. Elife. 2020;9. PMCID: PMC6959992
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    Thawani A, Rale M, Coudray N, Bhabha G, Stone H, Shaevitz J, Petry S. The transition state and regulation of γ-TuRC-mediated microtubule nucleation revealed by single molecule microscopy. Elife. 2020;9. PMCID: PMC7338055
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    King M, Petry S. Phase separation of TPX2 enhances and spatially coordinates microtubule nucleation. Nat Commun. 2020;11(1):270. PMCID: PMC6959270
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    Thawani A, Stone H, Shaevitz J, Petry S. Spatiotemporal organization of branched microtubule networks. Elife. 2019;8. PMCID: PMC6519983
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    Barr J, Charania S, Gilmutdinov R, Yakovlev K, Shidlovskii Y ii, Schedl P. The CPEB translational regulator, Orb, functions together with Par proteins to polarize the Drosophila oocyte. PLoS Genet. 2019;15(3):e1008012. PMCID: PMC6433291
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    Fedotova A, Clendinen C, Bonchuk A, Mogila V, Aoki T, Georgiev P, Schedl P. Functional dissection of the developmentally restricted BEN domain chromatin boundary factor Insensitive. Epigenetics Chromatin. 2019;12(1):2. PMCID: PMC6317261
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    Gilbertson S, Federspiel J, Hartenian E, Cristea I, Glaunsinger B. Changes in mRNA abundance drive shuttling of RNA binding proteins, linking cytoplasmic RNA degradation to transcription. Elife. 2018;7. PMCID: PMC6203436
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    Song J-G, King M, Zhang R, Kadzik R, Thawani A, Petry S. Mechanism of how augmin directly targets the γ-tubulin ring complex to microtubules. J Cell Biol. 2018;217(7):2417–2428. PMCID: PMC6028527
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    Thawani A, Kadzik R, Petry S. XMAP215 is a microtubule nucleation factor that functions synergistically with the γ-tubulin ring complex. Nat Cell Biol. 2018;20(5):575–585. PMCID: PMC5926803
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    Dixit R, Petry S. The life of a microtubule. Mol Biol Cell. 2018;29(6):689. PMCID: PMC6003221
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    Song J-G, Petry S. Dissecting Protein Complexes in Branching Microtubule Nucleation Using Meiotic Egg Extracts. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2018;2018(9):pdb.prot100958. PMCID: PMC6191175
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    Rale M, Kadzik R, Petry S. Phase Transitioning the Centrosome into a Microtubule Nucleator. Biochemistry. 2018;57(1):30–37. PMCID: PMC6193265
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    Alfaro-Aco R, Thawani A, Petry S. Structural analysis of the role of TPX2 in branching microtubule nucleation. J Cell Biol. 2017;216(4):983–997. PMCID: PMC5379942
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    Bonchuk A, Maksimenko O, Kyrchanova O, Ivlieva T, Mogila V, Deshpande G, Wolle D, Schedl P, Georgiev P. Functional role of dimerization and CP190 interacting domains of CTCF protein in Drosophila melanogaster. BMC Biol. 2015;13:63. PMCID: PMC4528719
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    Petry S. Mechanisms of Mitotic Spindle Assembly. Annu Rev Biochem. 2016;85:659–83. PMCID: PMC5016079
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    Petry S, Pugieux C, Nédélec F, Vale R. Augmin promotes meiotic spindle formation and bipolarity in Xenopus egg extracts. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011;108(35):14473–8. PMCID: PMC3167534
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    Petry S, Groen A, Ishihara K, Mitchison T, Vale R. Branching microtubule nucleation in Xenopus egg extracts mediated by augmin and TPX2. Cell. 2013;152(4):768–77. PMCID: PMC3680348
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    Alfaro-Aco R, Petry S. Building the Microtubule Cytoskeleton Piece by Piece. J Biol Chem. 2015;290(28):17154–62. PMCID: PMC4498055
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    Hjeij R, Onoufriadis A, Watson C, Slagle C, Klena N, Dougherty G, Kurkowiak M, Loges N, Diggle C, Morante N, Gabriel G, Lemke K, Li Y, Pennekamp P, Menchen T, Konert F, Marthin J, Mans D, Letteboer S, Werner C, Burgoyne T, Westermann C, Rutman A, Carr I, O’Callaghan C, Moya E, Chung E, UK10K Consortium, Sheridan E, Nielsen K, Roepman R, Bartscherer K, Burdine R, Lo C, Omran H, Mitchison H. CCDC151 mutations cause primary ciliary dyskinesia by disruption of the outer dynein arm docking complex formation. Am J Hum Genet. 2014;95(3):257–74. PMCID: PMC4157146
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