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Xenopus laevis

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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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    Maerker M, Getwan M, Dowdle M, McSheene J, Gonzalez V, Pelliccia J, Hamilton D, Yartseva V, Vejnar C, Tingler M, Minegishi K, Vick P, Giraldez A, Hamada H, Burdine R, Sheets M, Blum M, Schweickert A. Bicc1 and Dicer regulate left-right patterning through post-transcriptional control of the Nodal inhibitor Dand5. Nat Commun. 2021;12(1):5482. PMCID: PMC8446035
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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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    Kinoshita N, Hashimoto Y, Yasue N, Suzuki M, Cristea I, Ueno N. Mechanical Stress Regulates Epithelial Tissue Integrity and Stiffness through the FGFR/Erk2 Signaling Pathway during Embryogenesis. Cell Rep. 2020;30(11):3875–3888.e3. PMID: 32187556
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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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    Federspiel J, Tandon P, Wilczewski C, Wasson L, Herring L, Venkatesh S, Cristea I, Conlon F. Conservation and divergence of protein pathways in the vertebrate heart. PLoS Biol. 2019;17(9):e3000437. PMCID: PMC6750614
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    Zhu L, Richardson T, Wacheul L, Wei M-T, Feric M, Whitney G, Lafontaine D, Brangwynne C. Controlling the material properties and rRNA processing function of the nucleolus using light. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019;116(35):17330–17335. PMCID: PMC6717270
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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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    Hashimoto Y, Kinoshita N, Greco T, Federspiel J, Beltran P, Ueno N, Cristea I. Mechanical Force Induces Phosphorylation-Mediated Signaling that Underlies Tissue Response and Robustness in Xenopus Embryos. Cell Syst. 2019;8(3):226–241.e7. PMCID: PMC6453581
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    Sonnett M, Gupta M, Nguyen T, Wühr M. Quantitative Proteomics for Xenopus Embryos II, Data Analysis. Methods Mol Biol. 2018;1865:195–215. PMCID: PMC6534117
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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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    Tassan J-P, Wühr M, Hatte G, Kubiak J. Asymmetries in Cell Division, Cell Size, and Furrowing in the Xenopus laevis Embryo. Results Probl Cell Differ. 2017;61:243–260. PMID: 28409308
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    Presler M, Van Itallie E, Klein A, Kunz R, Coughlin M, Peshkin L, Gygi S, Wühr M, Kirschner M. Proteomics of phosphorylation and protein dynamics during fertilization and meiotic exit in the egg. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017;114(50):E10838-E10847. PMCID: PMC5740657
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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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    Jenness C, Giunta S, Müller M, Kimura H, Muir T, Funabiki H. HELLS and CDCA7 comprise a bipartite nucleosome remodeling complex defective in ICF syndrome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018;115(5):E876-E885. PMCID: PMC5798369
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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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    Ding Q, Heller B, Capuccino J, Song B, Nimgaonkar I, Hrebikova G, Contreras J, Ploss A. Hepatitis E virus ORF3 is a functional ion channel required for release of infectious particles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017;114(5):1147–1152. PMCID: PMC5293053
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    Feric M, Vaidya N, Harmon T, Mitrea D, Zhu L, Richardson T, Kriwacki R, Pappu R, Brangwynne C. Coexisting Liquid Phases Underlie Nucleolar Subcompartments. Cell. 2016;165(7):1686–1697. PMCID: PMC5127388
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    Petry S. Mechanisms of Mitotic Spindle Assembly. Annu Rev Biochem. 2016;85:659–83. PMCID: PMC5016079
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    King M, Petry S. Visualizing and Analyzing Branching Microtubule Nucleation Using Meiotic Xenopus Egg Extracts and TIRF Microscopy. Methods Mol Biol. 2016;1413:77–85. PMCID: PMC5016078
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    Feric M, Broedersz C, Brangwynne C. Soft viscoelastic properties of nuclear actin age oocytes due to gravitational creep. Sci Rep. 2015;5:16607. PMCID: PMC4649616
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    Tao X, Avalos J, Chen J, MacKinnon R. Crystal structure of the eukaryotic strong inward-rectifier K+ channel Kir2.2 at 3.1 A resolution. Science. 2009;326(5960):1668–74. PMCID: PMC2819303
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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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    Wühr M, Chen Y, Dumont S, Groen A, Needleman D, Salic A, Mitchison T. Evidence for an upper limit to mitotic spindle length. Curr Biol. 2008;18(16):1256–61. PMCID: PMC2561182
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    Wühr M, Tan E, Parker S, Detrich W, Mitchison T. A model for cleavage plane determination in early amphibian and fish embryos. Curr Biol. 2010;20(22):2040–5. PMCID: PMC3031131
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    Wühr M, Freeman R, Presler M, Horb M, Peshkin L, Gygi S, Kirschner M. Deep proteomics of the Xenopus laevis egg using an mRNA-derived reference database. Curr Biol. 2014;24(13):1467–1475. PMCID: PMC4090281
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    Peshkin L, Wühr M, Pearl E, Haas W, Freeman R, Gerhart J, Klein A, Horb M, Gygi S, Kirschner M. On the Relationship of Protein and mRNA Dynamics in Vertebrate Embryonic Development. Dev Cell. 2015;35(3):383–94. PMCID: PMC4776761
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    Jaffe K, Grimes D, Schottenfeld-Roames J, Werner M, Ku T-S, Kim S, Pelliccia J, Morante N, Mitchell B, Burdine R. c21orf59/kurly Controls Both Cilia Motility and Polarization. Cell Rep. 2016;14(8):1841–9. PMCID: PMC4775428
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