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ArticleCurrent genetics2008

The evolutionary conserved BER1 gene is involved in microtubule stability in yeast.

Vincent Fiechter, Elisabetta Cameroni, Lorenzo Cerutti, Claudio De Virgilio, Yves Barral, Christian Fankhauser

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Article in Current genetics, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Vincent FiechterCenter for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Elisabetta Cameroni
Lorenzo Cerutti
Claudio De Virgilio
Yves Barral
Christian Fankhauser
University of Fribourg · CHUniversity of Lausanne · CHETH Zurich · CHLudwig Cancer Research · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In yeast, microtubules are dynamic filaments necessary for spindle and nucleus positioning, as well as for proper chromosome segregation. We identify a function for the yeast gene BER1 (Benomyl REsistant 1) in microtubule stability. BER1 belongs to an evolutionary conserved gene family whose founding member Sensitivity to Red light Reduced is involved in red-light perception and circadian rhythms in Arabidopsis. Here, we present data showing that the ber1Delta mutant is affected in microtubule stability, particularly in presence of microtubule-depolymerising drugs. The pattern of synthetic lethal interactions obtained with the ber1Delta mutant suggests that Ber1 may function in N-terminal protein acetylation. Our work thus suggests that microtubule stability might be regulated through this post-translational modification on yet-to-be determined proteins.

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Evolution, MolecularAcetylationConserved SequenceFungal ProteinsGenes, FungalMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsMutationProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalYeastsFungal ProteinsMicrotubule-Associated Proteins

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PMID18064466
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