The microtubule network and neuronal morphogenesis: Dynamic and coordinated orchestration through multiple players

FE Poulain, A Sobel - Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, 2010 - Elsevier
Nervous system function and plasticity rely on the complex architecture of neuronal networks
elaborated during development, when neurons acquire their specific and complex shape …

Capturing protein tails by CAP-Gly domains

MO Steinmetz, A Akhmanova - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2008 - cell.com
Cytoskeleton-associated protein-glycine-rich (CAP-Gly) domains are protein-interaction
modules implicated in important cellular processes and in hereditary human diseases. A …

Maize tubulin folding cofactor B is required for cell division and cell growth through modulating microtubule homeostasis

Q Zhou, Z Fu, M Li, Q Shen, C Sun, Y Feng… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tubulin folding cofactors (TFCs) are required for tubulin folding, α/β tubulin heterodimer
formation, and microtubule (MT) dynamics in yeast and mammals. However, the functions of …

A case for microtubule vulnerability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: altered dynamics during disease

JA Clark, EJ Yeaman, CA Blizzard… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an aggressive multifactorial disease converging on a
common pathology: the degeneration of motor neurons (MNs), their axons and …

Permissive and repulsive cues and signalling pathways of axonal outgrowth and regeneration

ST Hou, SX Jiang, RA Smith - International review of cell and molecular …, 2008 - Elsevier
Successful axonal outgrowth in the adult central nervous system (CNS) is central to the
process of nerve regeneration and brain repair. To date, much of the knowledge on axonal …

Dysregulation of a novel miR-1825/TBCB/TUBA4A pathway in sporadic and familial ALS

AM Helferich, SJ Brockmann, J Reinders… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2018 - Springer
Genetic and functional studies suggest diverse pathways being affected in the
neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), while knowledge about …

Protein profiles in zebrafish (Danio rerio) brains exposed to chronic microcystin-LR

M Wang, D Wang, L Lin, H Hong - Chemosphere, 2010 - Elsevier
Microcystin-LR (MCLR) is a commonly encountered blue-green algal hepatotoxin and a
known inhibitor of cellular protein phosphatase (PP), however, little is known about its …

Colchicine blocks tubulin heterodimer recycling by tubulin cofactors TBCA, TBCB, and TBCE

S Nolasco, J Bellido, M Serna, B Carmona… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Colchicine has been used to treat gout and, more recently, to effectively prevent
autoinflammatory diseases and both primary and recurrent episodes of pericarditis. The anti …

[HTML][HTML] Diverse functions for the semaphorin receptor PlexinD1 in development and disease

CM Gay, T Zygmunt, J Torres-Vázquez - Developmental biology, 2011 - Elsevier
Plexins are a family of single-pass transmembrane proteins that serve as cell surface
receptors for Semaphorins during the embryonic development of animals. Semaphorin …

Ciliary tubulin and its post-translational modifications

J Gaertig, D Wloga - Current topics in developmental biology, 2008 - Elsevier
Tubulin, the most abundant axonemal protein, is extensively modified by several highly
conserved post-translational mechanisms including acetylation, detyrosination …