Mechanics and Dynamics of Mitosis
Asymmetric clustering of centrosomes defines the early evolution of tetraploid
cells.
Baudoin N.C., Nicholson J.M., Soto K., Martin O., Chen J.,
Cimini D.
(2020).
eLife 9, e54565
Chromosomes missegregated into micronuclei contribute to chromosomal instability
by missegregating
at the next division.
He B., Gnawali N., Hinman A.W., Mattingly A.J., Osimani A.,
Cimini D.
(2019).
Oncotarget, 10: 2660-2674.
Chromosome segregation: the bigger they come, the harder they fall.
Baudoin N.C. and
Cimini D. (2018).
Current Biology, 28: R665–R667.
A guide to classifying
mitotic stages and mitotic defects in fixed cells.
Baudoin N.C. and
Cimini D. (2018).
Chromosoma, 127: 215-227.
Laser microsurgery
reveals conserved viscoelastic behavior of the kinetochore.
Cojoc G., Roscioli E., Zhang L., García-Ulloa A., Shah J.V., Berns M.W., Pavin N.,
Cimini D., Tolić I.M.,
and Gregan J. (2016).
The Journal of Cell Biology , 212: 767-776.
[Highlighted in commentary by Cabello, Gachet, and
Tournier published in the same issue]
Using photoactivatable
GFP to study microtubule dynamics and chromosome segregation.
He B. and
Cimini D. (2016)
Methods Mol. Biol., 1413: 15-31.
Overlap microtubules
link sister k-fibres and balance the forces on bi-oriented kinetochores.
Kajtez J., Solomatina A., Novak M., Polak B., Vukušić K., Rüdiger J., Cojoc G., Milas A.,
Šumanovac Šestak I.,
Risteski P., Tavano F., Klemm A.H., Roscioli E.,
Welburn J.,
Cimini D., Glunčić M., Pavin N., and Tolić I.M. (2016)
Nat. Commun., 7:10298.
Modeling chromosome
dynamics in mitosis: a historical perspective on models of metaphase
and anaphase in eukaryotic cells.
Civelekoglu-Scholey G. and
Cimini D. (2014)
Interface Focus, 4: 20130073.
Dynamic bonds and polar ejection force distribution explain kinetochore
oscillations in PtK1 cells.
Civelekoglu-Scholey G., He B., Shen M., Wan X., Roscioli E., Bowden B., and
Cimini
D. (2013)
J. Cell Biol., 201 (4).
The coupling between
sister kinetochore directional instability and oscillations in centromere
stretch
in metaphase PtK1 cells.
Wan X.,
Cimini D., Cameron L.A., and Salmon E.D. (2012)
Mol. Biol. Cell, 23: 1035-1046.
Timing of centrosome
separation is important for accurate chromosome segregation.
Silkworth W.T., Nardi I.K., Paul R., Mogilner A., and
Cimini D. (2012)
Mol. Biol. Cell, 23: 401-411.
Computer
simulations predict that chromosome movements and rotations accelerate mitotic
spindle assembly
without compromising accuracy.
Paul R., Wollman R., Silkworth W.T., Nardi I.K.,
Cimini D., and Mogilner A.
(2009).
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 106: 15708-15713.
Kinesin
5-independent poleward flux of kinetochore microtubules in PtK1 cells.
Cameron L.A., Yang G.,
Cimini D., Canman J.C., Kisurina-Evgenieva O.,
Khodjakov A., Danuser G.,
and Salmon E.D. (2006).
J. Cell Biol., 173: 173-179, [Cover article]
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Chromosomes
can congress to the metaphase plate before biorientation.
Kapoor T.M., Lampson M.A., Hergert P., Cameron L.,
Cimini D., Salmon E.D.,
McEwen B.F., and Khodjakov A. (2006).
Science, 311: 388-391.
[Cover article; Comment by Rebecca Heald in Science, 311:388-391]
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Simultaneous
inhibition of contractile ring and central spindle formation in mammalian cells
treated
with cytochalasin B.
Cimini D., Fioravanti D., Tanzarella C., and Degrassi F. (1998).
Chromosoma, 107: 479-485.
[Erratum]