SKAP2 is critical for hematopoietic cell protection against Klebsiella infection in mouse lungs, for full phosphorylation of Src Family Kinases, Syk, and Pyk2, and for Klebsiella-induced reactive oxygen species production.
Biochemical and cell biological analyses reveal that the Astrin-SKAP complex acts to stabilize kinetochore-microtubule interactions through its intrinsic microtubule binding activity and its association with the Ndc80 complex, the core component of the kinetochore-microtubule interface.
Jason J Early, Katy LH Marshall-Phelps ... David A Lyons
A fully automated high-resolution in vivo screening platform for zebrafish was implemented and used to identify novel compounds that regulate oligodendrocyte lineage progression.
Super-resolution microscopy, biochemical and functional analyses reveal how α-taxilin and γ-taxilin are assembled at the subdistal appendages and their roles in microtubule organization.
Human chromosome-microtubule attachments are stabilised by Astrin-mediated dynamic delivery of PP1 phosphatase to the attachment site, which ensures the normal segregation of chromosomes.
Sequential expression of two transcription factors that bind to five- and ten-base female-specific cis-acting elements, respectively, promotes differentiation of Plasmodium female gametocytes.
Nup98-HoxA9 is recruited to Hox gene cluster regions together with the chromosomally pre-bound nuclear export factor Crm1, which induces aberrant expression of several Hox genes and affecting the differentiation of embryonic stem cells.