Membrane and organelle dynamics during cell division

JG Carlton, H Jones, US Eggert - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2020 - nature.com
During division, eukaryotic cells undergo a dramatic, complex and coordinated remodelling
of their cytoskeleton and membranes. For cell division to occur, chromosomes must be …

Clip chemistry: diverse (bio)(macro) molecular and material function through breaking covalent bonds

P Shieh, MR Hill, W Zhang, SL Kristufek… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In the two decades since the introduction of the “click chemistry” concept, the toolbox of “click
reactions” has continually expanded, enabling chemists, materials scientists, and biologists …

Temperature-controlled liquid–liquid phase separation of disordered proteins

GL Dignon, W Zheng, YC Kim, J Mittal - ACS central science, 2019 - ACS Publications
The liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) is a
commonly observed phenomenon within the cell, and such condensates are also highly …

Spindle asymmetry drives non-Mendelian chromosome segregation

T Akera, L Chmátal, E Trimm, K Yang, C Aonbangkhen… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Genetic elements compete for transmission through meiosis, when haploid gametes are
created from a diploid parent. Selfish elements can enhance their transmission through a …

Nuclear body phase separation drives telomere clustering in ALT cancer cells

H Zhang, R Zhao, J Tones, M Liu… - Molecular biology of …, 2020 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Telomerase-free cancer cells employ a recombination-based alternative lengthening of
telomeres (ALT) pathway that depends on ALT-associated promyelocytic leukemia nuclear …

Visualizing and manipulating biological processes by using HaloTag and SNAP‐tag technologies

CA Hoelzel, X Zhang - ChemBioChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Visualizing and manipulating the behavior of proteins is crucial to understanding the
physiology of the cell. Methods of biorthogonal protein labeling are important tools to attain …

Optogenetic control of PRC1 reveals its role in chromosome alignment on the spindle by overlap length-dependent forces

M Jagrić, P Risteski, J Martinčić, A Milas, IM Tolić - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
During metaphase, chromosome position at the spindle equator is regulated by the forces
exerted by kinetochore microtubules and polar ejection forces. However, the role of forces …

Small molecule-nanobody conjugate induced proximity controls intracellular processes and modulates endogenous unligandable targets

X Sun, C Zhou, S Xia, X Chen - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Chemically induced proximity (CIP) is a powerful tool to study cellular functions. However
with current CIP inducers it is difficult to directly modulate unligandable and endogenous …

Opportunities and challenges of small molecule induced targeted protein degradation

M He, W Lv, Y Rao - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTAC) represents a new type of small molecule induced
protein degradation technology that has emerged in recent years. PROTAC uses …

Light‐induced dimerization approaches to control cellular processes

L Klewer, YW Wu - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Light‐inducible approaches provide a means to control biological systems with spatial and
temporal resolution that is unmatched by traditional genetic perturbations. Recent …