Publications

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Uncovering the secret life of Rho GTPases. Perry JA and Maddox AS. eLife. 2019 Dec 13;8. pii: e53276. doi: 10.7554/eLife.53276. PMID: 31833473. Click to view PDF of this article

Bond type and discretization of non-muscle myosin II are critical for simulated contractile dynamics D.B. Cortes, M. Gordon, F. Nédélec, A.S. Maddox. BioRxiv
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/669382 Click to view PDF of this article

Novel cytokinetic ring components limit RhoA activity and contractility. Kathryn Rehain Bell, Michael E. Werner, Anusha Doshi, Daniel B. Cortes, Adam Sattler, Thanh Vuong-Brender, Michel Labouesse, Amy Shaub Maddox. BioRxiv. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/633743 Click to view PDF of this article

Spherical spindle shape promotes perpendicular cortical orientation by preventing isometric cortical pulling on both spindle poles during C. elegans female meiosis.Vargas E, McNally KP, Cortes DB, Panzica MT, Danlasky BM, Li Q, Maddox AS, McNally FJ. Development. 2019 Oct 21;146(20). pii: dev178863. doi: 10.1242/dev.178863. PMID: 31575646Click to view PDF of this article

Cell cycle, cell division, cell death. Maddox AS, Skotheim JM. Mol Biol Cell. 2019 Mar 15;30(6):732. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E18-12-0819. PMID: 30870093. Click to view PDF of this article

Unite to divide – how models and biological experimentation have come together to reveal mechanisms of cytokinesis. Cortes DB, Dawes A, Liu J, Nickaeen M, Strychalski W, Maddox AS. J Cell Sci. 2018 Dec 18;131(24). pii: jcs203570. doi: 10.1242/jcs.203570. PMID: 30563924Click to view PDF of this article

Developmental Diversity in Cell Division Mechanisms. Werner ME, Maddox AS. Dev Cell. 2018 Dec 3;47(5):535-536. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2018.11.028. PMID: 30513295Click to view PDF of this article

Microtubule Dynamics Scale with Cell Size to Set Spindle Length and Assembly Timing. Lacroix B, Letort G, Pitayu L, Sallé J, Stefanutti M, Maton G, Ladouceur AM, Canman JC, Maddox PS, Maddox AS, Minc N, Nédélec F, Dumont J. Dev Cell. 2018 May 21;45(4):496-511.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2018.04.022. PMID: 28285996 Click to view PDF of this article

Building interdisciplinary bridges to study intercellular bridges. Research Features, Gloucestershire, UK. (click title for free pdf)

LITE microscopy: Tilted light-sheet excitation of model organisms offers high resolution and low photobleaching. Fadero TC, Gerbich TM, Rana K, Suzuki A, DiSalvo M, Schaefer KN, Heppert JK, Boothby TC, Goldstein B, Peifer M, Allbritton NL, Gladfelter AS, Maddox AS, Maddox PS. J Cell Biol. 2018 May 7;217(5):1869-1882. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201710087. Epub 2018 Feb 28. Click to view PDF of this article

Crosslinkers both drive and brake cytoskeletal remodeling and furrowing in cytokinesis. Patino Descovich C*, Cortes DB*, Ryan S, Nash J, Li Z, Maddox PS, Nedelec F, Maddox AS. bioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/150813  Click to view PDF of this article

Variations on a theme: Imaging cytokinetic and stable rings in situ using Caenorhabditis elegans. Rehain K, Green RA, Bourdages KG, Maddox AS. Methods Cell Biol. 2017;137:267-281. doi: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2016.03.039. Epub 2016 May 6. Click to view PDF of this article

CENP-A and topoisomerase-II antagonistically affect chromosome length. Ladouceur AM, Ranjan R, Smith L, Fadero T, Heppert J, Goldstein B, Maddox AS, Maddox PS. J Cell Biol. 2017 Jul 21. pii: jcb.201608084. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201608084.Click to view PDF of this article

A Sterile 20 Family Kinase and Its Co-factor CCM-3 Regulate Contractile Ring Proteins on Germline Intercellular Bridges. Rehain-Bell K, Love A, Werner ME, MacLeod I, Yates JR 3rd, Maddox AS. Curr Biol. 2017 Mar 20;27(6):860-867. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.01.058. Epub 2017 Mar 9. PMID: 28285996  Click to view PDF of this article

Identification of microtubule growth deceleration and its regulation by conserved and novel proteins. Lacroix B, Ryan J, Dumont J, Maddox PS, Maddox AS. Mol Biol Cell. 2016 Mar 16. pii: mbc.E16-01-0056. PMID: 26985017  Click to view PDF of this article

A theoretical model of cytokinesis implicates feedback between membrane curvature and cytoskeletal organization in asymmetric cytokinetic furrowing. Dorn JF, Zhang L, Phi TT, Lacroix B, Maddox PS, Liu J, Maddox AS. Mol Biol Cell. 2016 Feb 24. pii: mbc.E15-06-0374. PMID: 26912796 Click to view PDF of this article

Neuron migration: anillin protects leading edge actin. Rehain K, Maddox AS. Curr Biol. 2015 18;25(10):R423-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.03.030. PMID: 25989084 Click to view PDF of this article

Anillin localization suggests distinct mechanisms of division plane specification in mouse oogenic meiosis I and II. Sharif B, Fadero T, Maddox AS. Gene Expr Patterns. 2015 Mar 26;17(2):98-106. PMID: 25818309 Click to view PDF of this article

Quantitative analysis of cytokinesis in situ during C. elegans postembryonic development. Bourdages KG, Lacroix B, Dorn JF, Descovich CP, Maddox AS. PLoS One. 2014 Oct 20;9(10):e110689. PMID: 25329167 Click to view PDF of this article

Celegans Anillin proteins regulate intercellular bridge stability and germline syncytial organization. Amini R, Goupil E, Labella S, Zetka M, Maddox AS, Labbé JC, Chartier NT. J Cell Biol. 2014 Jul 7;206(1):129-43. PMID: 24982432 Click to view PDF of this article

In situ imaging in C. elegans reveals developmental regulation of microtubule dynamics. Lacroix B, Bourdages KG, Dorn JF, Ihara S, Sherwood DR, Maddox PS, Maddox AS. Dev Cell. 2014 Apr 28;29(2):203-16. PMID: 24780738 Click to view PDF of this article

Dividing in epithelia: cells let loose during cytokinesis. Bourdages KG, Maddox AS. Dev Cell. 2013 Feb 25;24(4):336-8. Erratum in: Dev Cell. 2013 Mar 25;24(6):668. PMID: 23449467 Click to view PDF of this article

Polar body cytokinesis. Maddox AS, Azoury J, Dumont J. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken). 2012 Nov;69(11):855-68. PMID: 22927361 Click to view PDF of this article

Wound healing: GTPases flux their muscles. Sharif B, Maddox AS. Dev Cell. 2012 Aug 14;23(2):236-8. PMID: 22898773 Click to view PDF of this article

Imaging the mitotic spindle. Maddox PS, Ladouceur AM, Ranjan R, Dorn J, Ratsima H, D’Amours D, Maddox AS. Methods Enzymol. 2012;505:81-103. PMID: 22289449 Click to view PDF of this article

High-resolution imaging of cellular processes in Caenorhabditis elegans. Maddox AS, Maddox PS. Methods Cell Biol. 2012;107:1-34. PMID: 22226519

Cytokinesis: cells go back and forth about division. Dorn JF, Maddox AS. Curr Biol. 2011 Oct 25;21(20):R848-50. PMID: 22032188 Click to view PDF of this article

Cytokinesis, ploidy and aneuploidy. Lacroix B, Maddox AS. J Pathol. 2012 Jan;226(2):338-51. PMID: 21984283 Click to view PDF of this article

The chromosomal passenger complex and centralspindlin independently contribute to contractile ring assembly. Lewellyn L, Carvalho A, Desai A, Maddox AS, Oegema K. J Cell Biol. 2011 Apr 4;193(1):155-69. PMID: 21464231 Click to view PDF of this article

PAR-4/LKB1 mobilizes nonmuscle myosin through anillin to regulate C. elegans embryonic polarization and cytokinesis. Chartier NT, Salazar Ospina DP, Benkemoun L, Mayer M, Grill SW, Maddox AS, Labbé JC. Curr Biol. 2011 Feb 22;21(4):259-69. PMID: 21276723 Click to view PDF of this article

A small GTPase molecular switch regulates epigenetic centromere maintenance by stabilizing newly incorporated CENP-A. Lagana A, Dorn JF, De Rop V, Ladouceur AM, Maddox AS, Maddox PS. Nat Cell Biol. 2010 Dec;12(12):1186-93. PMID: 21102442 Click to view PDF of this article

Actomyosin tube formation in polar body cytokinesis requires Anillin in C. elegans. Dorn JF, Zhang L, Paradis V, Edoh-Bedi D, Jusu S, Maddox PS, Maddox AS. Curr Biol. 2010 Nov 23;20(22):2046-51. PMID: 21055941 Click to view PDF of this article

The myriad roles of Anillin during cytokinesis. Piekny AJ, Maddox AS. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2010 Dec;21(9):881-91. PMID: 20732437 Click to view PDF of this article

Quick guide: Anillin. Zhang L, Maddox AS. Curr Biol. 2010 Feb 23;20(4):R135-6. PMID: 20178751 Click to view PDF of this article

Anillin and the septins promote asymmetric ingression of the cytokinetic furrow. Maddox AS, Lewellyn L, Desai A, Oegema K. Dev Cell. 2007 May;12(5):827-35. PMID: 17488632 Click to view PDF of this article

A complex containing the Sm protein CAR-1 and the RNA helicase CGH-1 is required for embryonic cytokinesis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Audhya A, Hyndman F, McLeod IX, Maddox AS, Yates JR 3rd, Desai A, Oegema K. J Cell Biol. 2005 Oct 24;171(2):267-79. PMID: 16247027 Click to view PDF of this article

Distinct roles for two C. elegans anillins in the gonad and early embryo. Maddox AS, Habermann B, Desai A, Oegema K. Development. 2005 Jun;132(12):2837-48. PMID: 15930113 Click to view PDF of this article

Simultaneous stretching and contraction of stress fibers in vivo. Peterson LJ, Rajfur Z, Maddox AS, Freel CD, Chen Y, Edlund M, Otey C, Burridge K. Mol Biol Cell. 2004 Jul;15(7):3497-508. PMID: 15133124 Click to view PDF of this article

Deconstructing cytokinesis. Maddox AS, Oegema K. Nat Cell Biol. 2003 Sep;5(9):773-6. Review. PMID: 12951607 Click to view PDF of this article

Closing the GAP: a role for a RhoA GAP in cytokinesis. Maddox AS, Oegema K. Mol Cell. 2003 Apr;11(4):846-8. Review. PMID: 12718869 Click to view PDF of this article

RhoA is required for cortical retraction and rigidity during mitotic cell rounding. Maddox AS, Burridge K. J Cell Biol. 2003 Jan 20;160(2):255-65. PMID: 12538643 Click to view PDF of this article

Understanding Ras: ‘it ain’t over ’til it’s over’. Shields JM, Pruitt K, McFall A, Shaub A, Der CJ. Trends Cell Biol. 2000 Apr;10(4):147-54. Review. PMID: 10740269 Click to view PDF of this article

Unravelling the extracellular matrix. Shaub A. Nat Cell Biol. 1999 Nov;1(7):E173-5. No abstract available. PMID: 10559994 Click to view PDF of this article

Rho-mediated contractility exposes a cryptic site in fibronectin and induces fibronectin matrix assembly. Zhong C, Chrzanowska-Wodnicka M, Brown J, Shaub A, Belkin AM, Burridge K. J Cell Biol. 1998 Apr 20;141(2):539-51. PMID: 9548730 Click to view PDF of this article

Relationship of Methyl Transferase Activity and Methyl Farnesoate Levels in the Spider Crab, Libinia emarginata J. Ogan, A. Shaub, D. L. Lovett, and D. W. Borst Biol Bull 1997 193:267-268. Click to view PDF of this article