A journey through the cytoskeleton with protein kinase CK2

C D'Amore, V Salizzato, C Borgo… - Current Protein and …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Substrate pleiotropicity, a very acidic phosphorylation consensus sequence, and an
apparent uncontrolled activity, are the main features of CK2, a Ser/Thr protein kinase that is …

Tubulin resists degradation by cereblon-recruiting PROTACs

I Gasic, BJ Groendyke, RP Nowak, JC Yuan… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Dysregulation of microtubules and tubulin homeostasis has been linked to developmental
disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer. In general, both microtubule-stabilizing …

Centrosomes: The good and the bad for brain development

V Marthiens, R Basto - Biology of the Cell, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Centrosomes nucleate and organise the microtubule cytoskeleton in animal cells. These
membraneless organelles are key structures for tissue organisation, polarity and growth …

Microtubule Plus End Dynamics− Do We Know How Microtubules Grow? Cells boost microtubule growth by promoting distinct structural transitions at growing …

J van Haren, T Wittmann - BioEssays, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Microtubules form a highly dynamic filament network in all eukaryotic cells. Individual
microtubules grow by tubulin dimer subunit addition and frequently switch between phases …

Synthesis, biological evaluation, and molecular docking investigation of 3-amidoindoles as potent tubulin polymerization inhibitors

P Chen, YX Zhuang, PC Diao, F Yang, SY Wu… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
A series of novel 3-amidoindole derivatives possessing 3, 4, 5-trimethoxylphenyl groups
were synthesized and evaluated for their antiproliferative and tubulin polymerization …

Cytoskeletons in the closet—subversion in alphaherpesvirus infections

CE Denes, M Miranda-Saksena, AL Cunningham… - Viruses, 2018 - mdpi.com
Actin filaments, microtubules and intermediate filaments form the cytoskeleton of vertebrate
cells. Involved in maintaining cell integrity and structure, facilitating cargo and vesicle …

Quercetin encapsulated biodegradable plasmonic nanoparticles for photothermal therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma cells

A Pradhan, A Kumari, R Srivastava… - ACS applied bio …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Photothermal therapy (PTT) is emerging as an effective treatment modality for cancer due to
its noninvasive nature. However, the pro-inflammatory necrotic cell death during PTT limits …

Self-assembly of pericentriolar material in interphase cells lacking centrioles

F Chen, J Wu, MK Iwanski, D Jurriens, A Sandron… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
The major microtubule-organizing center (MTOC) in animal cells, the centrosome, comprises
a pair of centrioles surrounded by pericentriolar material (PCM), which nucleates and …

Changes in Biceps femoris Transcriptome along Growth in Iberian Pigs Fed Different Energy Sources and Comparative Analysis with Duroc Breed

R Benítez, Y Núñez, M Ayuso, B Isabel… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The genetic mechanisms that regulate biological processes, such as
skeletal muscle development and growth, or intramuscular fat deposition, have attracted …

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel vicinal diaryl-substituted 1H-Pyrazole analogues of combretastatin A-4 as highly potent tubulin polymerization …

R Romagnoli, P Oliva, MK Salvador… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract A series of 3-(3′, 4′, 5′-trimethoxyphenyl)-4-substituted 1H-pyrazole and their
related 3-aryl-4-(3′, 4′, 5′-trimethoxyphenyl)-1-H-pyrazole regioisomeric derivatives …