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ArticleMethods in cell biology2018

Dissecting the role of the tubulin code in mitosis.

Luísa T Ferreira, Ana C Figueiredo, Bernardo Orr, Danilo Lopes, Helder Maiato

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Article in Methods in cell biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed.

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  13. Tubulin Complexity in Cancer and Metastasis.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024
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  20. Phospho-regulation of mitotic spindle assembly.Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Luísa T FerreiraInstituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; i3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Ana C FigueiredoInstituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; i3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Bernardo OrrInstituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; i3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Danilo LopesInstituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; i3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Helder MaiatoInstituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; i3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal. Electronic address: maiato@i3s.up.pt.

Funding

European Research Council 681443
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitosis is an essential process that takes place in all eukaryotes and involves the equal division of genetic material from a parental cell into two identical daughter cells. During mitosis, chromosome movement and segregation are orchestrated by a specialized structure known as the mitotic spindle, composed of a bipolar array of microtubules. The fundamental structure of microtubules comprises of α/β-tubulin heterodimers that associate head-to-tail and laterally to form hollow filaments. In vivo, microtubules are modified by abundant and evolutionarily conserved tubulin posttranslational modifications (PTMs), giving these filaments the potential for a wide chemical diversity. In recent years, the concept of a "tubulin code" has emerged as an extralayer of regulation governing microtubule function. A range of tubulin isoforms, each with a diverse set of PTMs, provides a readable code for microtubule motors and other microtubule-associated proteins. This chapter focuses on the complexity of tubulin PTMs with an emphasis on detyrosination and summarizes the methods currently used in our laboratory to experimentally manipulate these modifications and study their impact in mitosis.

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MitosisCell Line, TumorCytological TechniquesHumansLentivirusMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsMicrotubulesMolecular Motor ProteinsProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalRNA, Small InterferingTransduction, GeneticTubulinTyrosineMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsMolecular Motor ProteinsRNA, Small InterferingTubulinTyrosineDetyrosinationMicrotubulesMitosisMitotic spindleTubulin codeTubulin posttranslational modificationsTyrosination

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PMCPMC6402544

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