Publications
Albee, A.J., Tao, W. and Wiese, C. Phosphorylation of Maskin by Aurora-A is Regulated by RanGTP and Importin β. Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 281, Issue 50, 38293-38301 (2006)
Wiese, C. and Zheng, Y. Microtubule nucleation: x-tubulin and beyond. Journal of Cell Science, 119, 4143-4153 (2006)
Wiese, C., A. Merdes, A. Wilde, M. S. Moore, S. A. Adam, and Y. Zheng. Importin-β couples Ran to downstream targets in microtubule assembly. Science 291, 653-656 (2001).
Wilde,
A. *, S. B. Lizarraga*, L. Zhang, C. Wiese, N. R. Gliksman, C. E.
Walczak, and Y. Zheng. Ran stimulates spindle assembly by changing
microtubule dynamics and the balance of motor activities. Nature Cell
Biology 3, 221-227 (2001). * both authors contributed equally to this
work
Gunawardane, R. N., Y. Zheng, K. Oegema, and C. Wiese. Purification and reconstitution of Drosphila γ-tubulin
complexes. In ?Centrosomes and Spindle Pole Bodies?. R. E. Palazzo and
T. N. Davis, eds. Meth. Cell Biol., in press (2001).
Wiese, C. and Y. Zheng. A new function for the γ-tubulin ring complex as a microtubule minus end cap. Nature Cell Biology 3, 358-364 (2000).
Gunawardane,
R. N., S. B. Lizarraga, C. Wiese, A. R. Wilde, and Y. Zheng. g-Tubulin
complexes and their role in microtubule nucleation. Curr. Topics Devel.
Biol. 49, 55-73 (2000).
Oegema, K. , C. Wiese, O. C.
Martin, R. A. Milligan, A. Iwamatsu, T. J. Mitchison, and Y. Zheng.
Characterization of two related Drosophila γ-tubulin complexes that differ in their ability to nucleate microtubules. J. Cell Biol. 144, 721-733 (1999).
Wiese, C. and Y. Zheng. γ-Tubulin complexes and their interaction with microtubule-organizing centers. Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol 9, 250-259 (1999).