Ekaterina L. Grishchuk

Chromosome-microtubule interactions during mitosis.

A molecular-mechanical model of the microtubule.

Force production by disassembling microtubules.

Chromosome segregation in fission yeast with mutations in the tubulin folding cofactor D.

Microtubule depolymerization can drive poleward chromosome motion in fission yeast.

Mitotic chromosome biorientation in fission yeast is enhanced by dynein and a minus-end-directed, kinesin-like protein.

In search of an optimal ring to couple microtubule depolymerization to processive chromosome motions.

The Dam1 ring binds microtubules strongly enough to be a processive as well as energy-efficient coupler for chromosome motion.

Fibrils connect microtubule tips with kinetochores: a mechanism to couple tubulin dynamics to chromosome motion.

Kinesin-8 from fission yeast: a heterodimeric, plus-end-directed motor that can couple microtubule depolymerization to cargo movement.

The human kinetochore Ska1 complex facilitates microtubule depolymerization-coupled motility.

Toward a comprehensive and quantitative understanding of intracellular microtubule organization.

Tubulin heterodimers remain functional for one cell cycle after the inactivation of tubulin-folding cofactor D in fission yeast cells.

In vitro assays to study the tracking of shortening microtubule ends and to measure associated forces.

Tubulin depolymerization may be an ancient biological motor.

The kinetochore-bound Ska1 complex tracks depolymerizing microtubules and binds to curved protofilaments.

Conserved and divergent features of kinetochores and spindle microtubule ends from five species.

Long tethers provide high-force coupling of the Dam1 ring to shortening microtubules.

A slippery walk to the microtubule-end.

Kinetochore kinesin CENP-E is a processive bi-directional tracker of dynamic microtubule tips.

Highly Transient Molecular Interactions Underlie the Stability of Kinetochore-Microtubule Attachment During Cell Division.