Microtubule-organizing centers

J Wu, A Akhmanova - Annual review of cell and developmental …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
The organization of microtubule networks is crucial for controlling chromosome segregation
during cell division, for positioning and transport of different organelles, and for cell polarity …

Microtubule nucleation by γ-tubulin complexes and beyond

CA Tovey, PT Conduit - Essays in biochemistry, 2018 - portlandpress.com
In this short review, we give an overview of microtubule nucleation within cells. It is nearly 30
years since the discovery of γ-tubulin, a member of the tubulin superfamily essential for …

Peptides and combination of peptides for use in immunotherapy against small cell lung cancer and other cancers

M Andrea, T Weinschenk, V Goldfinger… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in
immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immuno …

Peptides and combination of peptides for use in immunotherapy against small cell lung cancer and other cancers

A Mahr, T Weinschenk, V Goldfinger, O Schoor… - 2018 - Google Patents
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O)[C@ H](C (C) C) NC (= O) CNC (= O)[C@ H](CCC (O)= O) NC (= O)[C@ H](CCCNC (N) …

MZT1 regulates microtubule nucleation by linking γTuRC assembly to adapter-mediated targeting and activation

RR Cota, N Teixidó-Travesa, A Ezquerra… - Journal of Cell …, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
Regulation of the γ-tubulin ring complex (γTuRC) through targeting and activation restricts
nucleation of microtubules to microtubule-organizing centers (MTOCs), aiding in the …

Big lessons from little yeast: budding and fission yeast centrosome structure, duplication, and function

AM Cavanaugh, SL Jaspersen - Annual review of genetics, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Centrosomes are a functionally conserved feature of eukaryotic cells that play an important
role in cell division. The conserved γ-tubulin complex organizes spindle and astral …

Assembly and regulation of γ-tubulin complexes

D Farache, L Emorine, L Haren… - Open biology, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Microtubules are major constituents of the cytoskeleton in all eukaryotic cells. They are
essential for chromosome segregation during cell division, for directional intracellular …

A splice variant of centrosomin converts mitochondria to microtubule-organizing centers

JV Chen, RA Buchwalter, LR Kao, TL Megraw - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
Non-centrosomal microtubule organizing centers (MTOCs) direct microtubule (MT)
organization to exert diverse cell-type-specific functions. In Drosophila spermatids, the giant …

MOZART1 and γ-tubulin complex receptors are both required to turn γ-TuSC into an active microtubule nucleation template

T Lin, A Neuner, D Flemming, P Liu, T Chinen… - Journal of Cell …, 2016 - rupress.org
MOZART1/Mzt1 is required for the localization of γ-tubulin complexes to microtubule (MT)–
organizing centers from yeast to human cells. Nevertheless, the molecular function of …

Molecular model of fission yeast centrosome assembly determined by superresolution imaging

AJ Bestul, Z Yu, JR Unruh, SL Jaspersen - Journal of Cell Biology, 2017 - rupress.org
Microtubule-organizing centers (MTOCs), known as centrosomes in animals and spindle
pole bodies (SPBs) in fungi, are important for the faithful distribution of chromosomes …