The cytoplasmic dynein transport machinery and its many cargoes

SL Reck-Peterson, WB Redwine, RD Vale… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2018 - nature.com
Cytoplasmic dynein 1 is an important microtubule-based motor in many eukaryotic cells.
Dynein has critical roles both in interphase and during cell division. Here, we focus on …

[HTML][HTML] Nuclear positioning

GG Gundersen, HJ Worman - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
The nucleus is the largest organelle and is commonly depicted in the center of the cell. Yet
during cell division, migration, and differentiation, it frequently moves to an asymmetric …

The auxin-inducible degradation (AID) system enables versatile conditional protein depletion in C. elegans

L Zhang, JD Ward, Z Cheng, AF Dernburg - Development, 2015 - journals.biologists.com
Experimental manipulation of protein abundance in living cells or organisms is an essential
strategy for investigation of biological regulatory mechanisms. Whereas powerful techniques …

[HTML][HTML] Parental genome unification is highly error-prone in mammalian embryos

T Cavazza, Y Takeda, AZ Politi, M Aushev, P Aldag… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Most human embryos are aneuploid. Aneuploidy frequently arises during the early mitotic
divisions of the embryo, but its origin remains elusive. Human zygotes that cluster their …

Mechanotransduction at a distance: mechanically coupling the extracellular matrix with the nucleus

N Wang, JD Tytell, DE Ingber - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2009 - nature.com
Research in cellular mechanotransduction often focuses on how extracellular physical
forces are converted into chemical signals at the cell surface. However, mechanical forces …

Coupling of the nucleus and cytoplasm: role of the LINC complex

M Crisp, Q Liu, K Roux, JB Rattner… - The Journal of cell …, 2006 - rupress.org
The nuclear envelope defines the barrier between the nucleus and cytoplasm and features
inner and outer membranes separated by a perinuclear space (PNS). The inner nuclear …

Accessorizing and anchoring the LINC complex for multifunctionality

W Chang, HJ Worman, GG Gundersen - Journal of Cell Biology, 2015 - rupress.org
The linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton (LINC) complex, composed of outer and inner
nuclear membrane Klarsicht, ANC-1, and Syne homology (KASH) and Sad1 and UNC-84 …

Interactions between nuclei and the cytoskeleton are mediated by SUN-KASH nuclear-envelope bridges

DA Starr, HN Fridolfsson - Annual review of cell and …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
The nuclear envelope links the cytoskeleton to structural components of the nucleus. It
functions to coordinate nuclear migration and anchorage, organize chromatin, and aid …

Orchestrating nuclear envelope disassembly and reassembly during mitosis

S Güttinger, E Laurell, U Kutay - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2009 - nature.com
Cell division in eukaryotes requires extensive architectural changes of the nuclear envelope
(NE) to ensure that segregated DNA is finally enclosed in a single cell nucleus in each …

The nuclear lamina comes of age

Y Gruenbaum, A Margalit, RD Goldman… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2005 - nature.com
Many nuclear proteins form lamin-dependent complexes, including LEM-domain proteins,
nesprins and SUN-domain proteins. These complexes have roles in chromatin organization …