McAinsh, A.D. & Straube, A. (2011)
Spindle Centricity
Cell Cycle , Advance Online Publication December 1
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Hellwig, D., Emmerth, S., Ulbricht, t., Doring, V., Hoischen, C., Martin, R., Samora. C, McAinsh, A.D., Carroll, C.W., Straight, A.F., Meraldi, P., and Diekmann, S. (2011)
Dynamics of CENP‐N kinetochore binding during the cell cycle
J Cell Sci , Advance Online Publication November 18

Grant, B.J., Gheorghe, D., Zheng,W., Alonso, M., Huber, G., Dlugosz,M., McCammon, J.A. & Cross, R.A. (2011)
Electrostatically biased binding of kinesin to microtubules
PLOS Biology 9(11) e1001207. Epub 2011 Nov 29
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McAinsh, A.D. & Meraldi, P.. (2011)
The CCAN complex: Linking centromere specification to control of kinetochore-microtubule dynamics
Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology , Oct 19. [Epub ahead of print]

Cross, R.A., McAinsh, A.D. & Straube A. (2011)
Mechanochemical Cell Biology
Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology , Oct 7. [Epub ahead of print]

Drummond, D.R. (2011)
Regulation of microtubule dynamics by kinesins
Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology , Oct 5. [Epub ahead of print]

Kaverina, I. & Straube A. (2011)
Regulation of cell migration by dynamic microtubules
Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, 22 968-974
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Kaseda, K., McAinsh, A.D. & Cross, R.A.
Dual pathway spindle assembly increases both the speed and the fidelity of mitosis (2011)
Biology Open , Nov 2. doi: 10.1242/​bio.2011012
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Samora, C.P.*, Mogessie, B.*, Conway, L., Ross, J.L., Straube, A.** & McAinsh A.D.** (2011)
MAP4 and CLASP1 operate as a safety mechanism to maintain a stable spindle position in mitosis.
Nature Cell Biology, 131040-1050
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Straube A. (2011)
How to measure microtubule dynamics?
Methods in Molecular Biology, 777 1-14
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Samora, C.P & McAinsh A.D. (2011)
Photoactivatable-GFP-α-Tubulin as a Tool to Study Microtubule Plus-End Turnover in Living Human Cells.
Methods in Molecular Biology, 777 223-33
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Drummond D.R., Kain S., Newcombe A., Hoey C., Katsuki M., Cross R.A. (2011)
Purification of Tubulin from the Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Methods in Molecular Biology, 777 29-55
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Katsuki M., Muto E., Cross R.A. (2011)
Preparation of dual-color polarity-marked fluorescent microtubule seeds.
Methods in Molecular Biology, 777 117-26
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Vladimirou E., Harry, E., Burroughs N. & McAinsh A.D. (2011)
Springs, clutches and motors: driving forward kinetochore mechanism by modelling
Chromosome Biology, 19 409-21
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*equal contribution **corresponding authors

Cross RA (2010)
Kinesin-14: the roots of reversal
BMC Biology 12 8:107
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Amaro AC, Samora CP, Holtackers R, Wang E, Kingston I, Alonso M, Lampson L, McAinsh AD** and Meraldi P** (2010)
Molecular control of kinetochore-microtubule dynamics and chromosome oscillation
Nature Cell Biology, 12 319-329
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Jaqaman K*, King E*, Amaro AC*, Winter JR*, Dorn JF, Elliott, HL, Mchedlishvili N, McClelland SE, Porter IM, Posch M, Toso A, Danuser G**, McAinsh AD**, Meraldi P**, Swedlow JR** (2010)
Kinetochore alignment within the metaphase plate is regulated by centromere stiffness and microtubule depolymerases
Journal of Cell Biology, 188 665-79
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Kaseda, K., McAinsh,A.D. & Cross, R.A. (2009)
Walking, hopping, diffusing and braking modes of kinesin-5
Biochemical Society Transactions 37 1066-71
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van der Vaart B, Akhmanova A, Straube A. (2009)
Regulation of microtubule dynamic instability
Biochemical Society Transactions 37 1007-13
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Katsuki,M., Drummond, D.R., Osei, M. & Cross, R.A. (2009)
Mal3 masks catastrophe events in Schizosacharomyces pombe microtubules by inhibiting shrinkage and promoting rescue
Journal of Biological Chemistry. 23 29246-50
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Braun M., Drummond, D., Cross R.A. & McAinsh A.D. (2009)
Klp2 organizes microtubules into parallel bundles by an ATP-dependent sorting mechanism
Nature Cell Biology 11 724-30
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McClelland S. E. & McAinsh A.D. (2009)
Hydrodynamic analysis of human kinetochore complexes during mitosis
Methods in Molecular Biology in press
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*Toso A, *Winter JR, Garrod AJ, Amaro AC, †Meraldi P & †McAinsh AD (2009)
Kinetochore-generated pushing forces separate centrosomes during bipolar spindle assembly
Journal of Cell Biology 184 365-72
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DesGeorges, A., Katsuki, M., Drummond, D.R., Osei, M., Cross, R.A. & Amos, L.A. (2008)
Mal3, the S. pombe homologue of EB1, changes the microtubule lattice
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 15 1102-8

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Cross R.A. (2008)
Single molecule for the people
Nature Cell Biology 10 1014

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Dunn, S., Morrison, E., Liverpool,T., Molina-Paris, C., Cross, R., Alonso, M. & Peckham, M. (2008)
Differential trafficking of kinesin-1 (Kif5c) on tyrosinated and detyrosinated microtubules in live cells
Journal of Cell Science 121 1085-95
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Kaseda,K., Crevel, I., Hirose, K., Cross, R. (2008)
Single headed mode of kinesin-5
EMBO Reports 9 761-765
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Theisen, U., Straube, A. and Steinberg, G. (2008)
Dynamic rearrangement of nucleoporins during fungal "open" mitosis
Molecular Biology of the Cell 19 1230-12402
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*McClelland SE, *Borusu S, Amaro AC, Winter JR, Belwal M, †McAinsh AD and †Meraldi P (2007)
EMBO Journal 26 5033-5047 The CENP-A NAC/CAD kinetochore complex controls chromosome congression and spindle bipolarity
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Porter IM, McClelland SE, Khoudoli GA, Hunter CJ, Anderson JS, McAinsh AD, Blow JJ and Swedlow JR (2007)
Bod1, a novel kinetochore protein required for chromosome biorientation
Journal of Cell Biology1799 187-197
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Przewloka MR Zhang W Costal P Archambault V D'Avino PP Lilley KS Laue ED McAinsh AD & Glover DM (2007) Molecular analysis of core kinetochore composition and assembly in Drosophila melanogaster
PLoS ONE 2 e478
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Grant, B., McCammon,A., Caves, L.S. & Cross, R.A. (2007)
Multivariate analysis of conserved sequence-structure relationships in kinesins: coupling of the active site and a tubulin-binding subdomain
Journal of Molecular Biology 368 1231-1248 [link to pdf] [pubmed abstract]

Alonso,M.C., Drummond, D.R., Kain, S., Hoeng, J., Amos, L.A. & Cross, R.A. (2007)
An ATP-gate controls tubulin binding by the tethered head of kinesin-1
Science 316 120-123
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Straube, A. and Merdes, A. (2007)
EB3 regulates microtubule dynamics at the cell cortex and is required for myoblast elongation and fusion
Current Biology 15 1318-1325 [link to pdf] [supp mat] [pubmed abstract]