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Mitochondrial survivin reduces oxidative phosphorylation in cancer cells by inhibiting mitophagy (2020)
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Townley, A., & Wheatley, S. P. (2020). Mitochondrial survivin reduces oxidative phosphorylation in cancer cells by inhibiting mitophagy. Journal of Cell Science, 133(21), Article jcs247379. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.247379

Survivin is a cancer-associated protein that is pivotal for cellular life and death: it is an essential mitotic protein and an inhibitor of apoptosis. In cancer cells, a small pool of survivin localises to the mitochondria, the function of which rema... Read More about Mitochondrial survivin reduces oxidative phosphorylation in cancer cells by inhibiting mitophagy.

Mitochondrial survivin reduces oxidative phosphorylation in cancer cells by inhibiting mitophagy. (2020)
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Wheatley, S., & Townley, A. R. Mitochondrial survivin reduces oxidative phosphorylation in cancer cells by inhibiting mitophagy

Survivin is a cancer-associated protein that is pivotal for cellular life and death: it is an essential mitotic protein and an inhibitor of apoptosis. In cancer cells, a small pool of survivin localises to the mitochondria, the function of which rema... Read More about Mitochondrial survivin reduces oxidative phosphorylation in cancer cells by inhibiting mitophagy..

Plasmodium Condensin Core Subunits SMC2/SMC4 Mediate Atypical Mitosis and Are Essential for Parasite Proliferation and Transmission (2020)
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Le Roch, K. G., Holder, A. A., Bottrill, A. R., Stanway, R. R., Wall, R. J., Tewari, R., …Brady, D. (2020). Plasmodium Condensin Core Subunits SMC2/SMC4 Mediate Atypical Mitosis and Are Essential for Parasite Proliferation and Transmission. Cell Reports, 30(6), 1883-1897.e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2020.01.033

Condensin is a multi-subunit protein complex regulating chromosome condensation and segregation during cell division. In Plasmodium spp., the causative agent of malaria, cell division is atypical and the role of condensin is unclear. Here we examine... Read More about Plasmodium Condensin Core Subunits SMC2/SMC4 Mediate Atypical Mitosis and Are Essential for Parasite Proliferation and Transmission.

The midbody interactome reveals unexpected roles for PP1 phosphatases in cytokinesis (2019)
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Capalbo, L., Bassi, Z. I., Geymonat, M., Todesca, S., Copoiu, L., Enright, A. J., …D’Avino, P. P. (2019). The midbody interactome reveals unexpected roles for PP1 phosphatases in cytokinesis. Nature Communications, 10(1), Article 4513. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12507-9

The midbody is an organelle assembled at the intercellular bridge between the two daughter cells at the end of mitosis. It controls the final separation of the daughter cells and has been involved in cell fate, polarity, tissue organization, and cili... Read More about The midbody interactome reveals unexpected roles for PP1 phosphatases in cytokinesis.

Transporting cells over several days without dry-ice (2019)
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Wheatley, S. P., & Wheatley, D. N. (2019). Transporting cells over several days without dry-ice. Journal of Cell Science, 132(21), jcs238139. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.238139

This paper describes a simple, hazard-free and inexpensive procedure that allows researchers to send cultured cells across the globe at ambient temperatures. The method enables transit of up to 2?weeks without compromising cell recovery. Its use will... Read More about Transporting cells over several days without dry-ice.

Survivin at a glance (2019)
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Wheatley, S. P., & Altieri, D. C. (2019). Survivin at a glance. Journal of Cell Science, 132(7), Article jcs223826. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.223826

Survivin (also known as BIRC5) is an evolutionarily conserved eukaryotic protein that is essential for cell division and can inhibit cell death. Normally it is only expressed in actively proliferating cells, but is upregulated in most, if not all can... Read More about Survivin at a glance.

Engulfment, persistance and fate of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus predators inside human phagocytic cells informs their future therapeutic potential (2019)
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Raghunathan, D., Radford, P. M., Gell, C., Negus, D., Moore, C., Till, R., …Tyson, J. (2019). Engulfment, persistance and fate of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus predators inside human phagocytic cells informs their future therapeutic potential. Scientific Reports, 9, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40223-3

In assessing the potential of predatory bacteria, such as Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus, to become live therapeutic agents against bacterial infections, it is crucial to understand and quantify Bdellovibrio host cell interactions at a molecular level. H... Read More about Engulfment, persistance and fate of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus predators inside human phagocytic cells informs their future therapeutic potential.

The use of decellularised animal tissue to study disseminating cancer cells (2018)
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Grey, J. F. E., Campbell-Ritchie, A., Everitt, N. M., Fezovich, A. J., & Wheatley, S. P. (2019). The use of decellularised animal tissue to study disseminating cancer cells. Journal of Cell Science, 132(4), Article jcs219907. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.219907

Since the establishment of cell culture, common practice has been to grow adherent cells in 2D monolayers. Although cells behave completely differently when grown under these artificial conditions, the ease of 2D culturing has meant that this practic... Read More about The use of decellularised animal tissue to study disseminating cancer cells.

Plasmodium APC3 mediates chromosome condensation and cytokinesis during atypical mitosis in male gametogenesis (2018)
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Wall, R. J., Ferguson, D. J. P., Freville, A., Franke-Fayard, B., Brady, D., Zeeshan, M., …Tewari, R. (in press). Plasmodium APC3 mediates chromosome condensation and cytokinesis during atypical mitosis in male gametogenesis. Scientific Reports, 8(1), Article 5610. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23871-9

The anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) is a highly conserved multi-subunit E3 ubiquitin ligase that controls mitotic division in eukaryotic cells by tagging cell cycle regulators for proteolysis. APC3 is a key component that contributes to... Read More about Plasmodium APC3 mediates chromosome condensation and cytokinesis during atypical mitosis in male gametogenesis.

The N-terminus of survivin is a mitochondrial-targeting sequence and Src regulator (2016)
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Dunajova, L., Cash, E., Markus, R., Rochette, S., Townley, A. R., & Wheatley, S. P. (in press). The N-terminus of survivin is a mitochondrial-targeting sequence and Src regulator. Journal of Cell Science, 129, https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.183277

Survivin is a cancer-associated protein that exists in several locations in the cell. Its cytoplasmic residence in interphase cells is governed by CRM1-mediated nuclear exportation, and its localisation during mitosis to the centromeres and midzone m... Read More about The N-terminus of survivin is a mitochondrial-targeting sequence and Src regulator.

Plasmodium P-type cyclin CYC3 modulates endomitotic growth during oocyst development in mosquitoes (2015)
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Roques, M., Wall, R. J., Douglass, A. P., Ramaprasad, A., Ferguson, D. J. P., Kaindama, M. L., …Tewari, R. (2015). Plasmodium P-type cyclin CYC3 modulates endomitotic growth during oocyst development in mosquitoes. PLoS Pathogens, 11(11), Article e1005273. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005273

Cell-cycle progression and cell division in eukaryotes are governed in part by the cyclin family and their regulation of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs). Cyclins are very well characterised in model systems such as yeast and human cells, but surprisi... Read More about Plasmodium P-type cyclin CYC3 modulates endomitotic growth during oocyst development in mosquitoes.