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International Dynein Workshop 2009
The key meeting was held from 1st - 5th November 2009 in Kobe, Japan. For details click here.
Recent Publications
The dynein regulatory complex is the nexin link and a major regulatory node in cilia and flagella
Heuser T, Raytchev M, Krell J, Porter ME, Nicastro D
J Cell Biol. (2009) 187:921-33. Link
Regulators of the cytoplasmic dynein motor
Kardon JR, Vale RD
Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol (2009) 10, 854-865. Link
Tug-of-war between dissimilar teams of microtubule motors regulates transport and fission of endosomes
Soppina V, Rai AK, Ramaiya AJ, Barak P, Mallik R
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. (2009) 106:19381-19386. Link
Dynein light intermediate chain in Aspergillus nidulans is essential for the interaction between heavy and intermediate chains
Zhang J, Li S, Musa S, Zhou H, Xiang X.
J Biol Chem (2009) Advance online publication Link
Mechanochemical removal of ribosome biogenesis factors from nascent 60S ribosomal subunits
Ulbrich C, Diepholz M, Bassler J, Kressler D, Pertschy B, Galani K, Böttcher B, Hurt E
Cell (2009) 138:911-922. Link
Asymmetry of inner dynein arms and inter-doublet links
in Chlamydomonas flagella
Bui KH, Sakakibara H, Movassagh T, Oiwa K, Ishikawa T
J Cell Biol (2009) 186:437-446 Link
An outer arm dynein light chain acts in a conformational
switch for flagellar motility
Patel-King RS, King SM
J Cell Biol (2009) Advance online publication Link
Function of dynein in budding yeast: Mitotic spindle
positioning in a polarized cell
Moore JK, Stuchell-Brereton MD, Cooper JA
Cell Motil Cytoskeleton (2009) Advance online publication Link
Identification of dyneins that localize exclusively to the
proximal portion of Chlamydomonas flagella
Yagi T, Uematsu K, Liu Z, Kamiya R
J Cell Sci (2009) Advance online publication Link
Central pair apparatus enhances outer-arm dynein
activities through regulation of inner-arm dyneins
Kikushima K
Cell Motil Cytoskeleton (2009) Advance online publication Link
Bending-induced switching of dynein activity in
elastase-treated axonemes of sea urchin sperm-Roles of
Ca(2+) and ADP
Hayashi S, Shingyoji C
Cell Motil Cytoskeleton (2009) Advance online publication Link
Regulation of the processivity and intracellular
localization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae dynein by
dynactin
Kardon JR, Reck-Peterson SL, Vale RD
PNAS (2009) 106, pp 5669-74 Link