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List of works by Rebecca Heald

A Rae1-containing ribonucleoprotein complex is required for mitotic spindle assembly

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A comparative analysis of spindle morphometrics across metazoans

scientific article published on 21 May 2015

A computational model predicts Xenopus meiotic spindle organization

scientific article published on December 20, 2010

A cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor inducing cancer cell differentiation: biochemical identification using Xenopus egg extracts

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A dynamic duo of microtubule modulators

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

Adenomatous polyposis coli associates with the microtubule-destabilizing protein XMCAK.

scientific article published in November 2004

Altering membrane topology with Sar1 does not impair spindle assembly in Xenopus egg extracts.

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Analysis of a RanGTP-regulated gradient in mitotic somatic cells

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Analysis of microtubule polymerization in vitro and during the cell cycle in Xenopus egg extracts

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Atomic force microscope imaging of chromatin assembled in Xenopus laevis egg extract

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Brinkley-fest of mitosis

scientific article published in August 2007

Cell biology. Serving up a plate of chromosomes.

scientific article published in January 2006

Cell division: burning the spindle at both ends

scientific article published in January 2004

Cell structure and dynamics

scientific article published on 27 December 2010

Centrosome proteins form an insoluble perinuclear matrix during muscle cell differentiation

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Challenges facing the biologist doing chemical genetics

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Chromosome congression: another fine mesh we've gotten into.

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Chromosome movement: dynein-out at the kinetochore.

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Cryptic no longer: arrays of CLASP1 TOG domains

scientific article published in June 2013

Cytoplasmic volume modulates spindle size during embryogenesis

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Discovery of selective aminothiazole aurora kinase inhibitors

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Dissection of the mammalian midbody proteome reveals conserved cytokinesis mechanisms.

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Enzymatically Generated CRISPR Libraries for Genome Labeling and Screening

scientific article published on 22 July 2015

Essential roles for cohesin in kinetochore and spindle function in Xenopus egg extracts

scientific article published in December 2006

Formation of spindle poles by dynein/dynactin-dependent transport of NuMA

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Functional comparison of H1 histones in Xenopus reveals isoform-specific regulation by Cdk1 and RanGTP

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Genome-wide analysis demonstrates conserved localization of messenger RNAs to mitotic microtubules

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Histone H1 compacts DNA under force and during chromatin assembly

scientific article published on October 24, 2012

Histone H1 is essential for mitotic chromosome architecture and segregation in Xenopus laevis egg extracts

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Human wee1 maintains mitotic timing by protecting the nucleus from cytoplasmically activated Cdc2 kinase

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Importazole, a small molecule inhibitor of the transport receptor importin-β

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Importin beta is a mitotic target of the small GTPase Ran in spindle assembly

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Interplay between spindle architecture and function

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Investigating mitotic spindle assembly and function in vitro using Xenopus laevis egg extracts

scientific article published in January 2006

Katanin contributes to interspecies spindle length scaling in Xenopus.

scientific article published on December 2011

Kinetochore function: The complications of becoming attached

scientific article published on October 30, 2001

Mechanisms and molecules of the mitotic spindle

scientific article published in September 2004

Mechanisms of Intracellular Scaling

scientific article published on July 12, 2012

Micromanipulation studies of chromatin fibers in Xenopus egg extracts reveal ATP-dependent chromatin assembly dynamics

scientific article published on 15 November 2006

Mitotic chromosome size scaling in Xenopus

scientific article published on November 15, 2011

Mitotic noncoding RNA processing promotes kinetochore and spindle assembly in Xenopus.

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Mitotic spindle assembly around RCC1-coated beads in Xenopus egg extracts

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Mitotic spindle scaling during Xenopus development by kif2a and importin α.

scientific article published on 19 February 2013

Morphology and function of membrane-bound organelles

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Multiple domains of human CLASP contribute to microtubule dynamics and organization in vitro and in Xenopus egg extracts

scientific article published on February 8, 2012

N-terminal phosphorylation of p60 katanin directly regulates microtubule severing

scientific article published on 23 November 2012

Nuclear Size Is Regulated by Importin α and Ntf2 in Xenopus

scientific article published on October 15, 2010

Nuclear actin and protein 4.1: essential interactions during nuclear assembly in vitro.

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REEP3/4 ensure endoplasmic reticulum clearance from metaphase chromatin and proper nuclear envelope architecture

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RUVs drive chromosome decondensation after mitosis

scientific article published on 10 November 2014

RanGTP and CLASP1 cooperate to position the mitotic spindle

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Rebecca Heald.

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Rebecca Heald: passionate about cycles. Interview by Caitlin Sedwick

scientific article published in November 2008

Regulation of Op18 during spindle assembly in Xenopus egg extracts.

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Self-organization of microtubules into bipolar spindles around artificial chromosomes in Xenopus egg extracts

scientific article (publication date: August 1996)

SnapShot: motor proteins in spindle assembly

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Spindle Assembly in Xenopus Egg Extracts: Respective Roles of Centrosomes and Microtubule Self-Organization

scientific article published on August 11, 1997

Spindle assembly in egg extracts of the Marsabit clawed frog, Xenopus borealis.

scientific article published on 23 March 2018

Spindles get the ran around

scientific article published on January 2000

Synthesis and biological evaluation of myoseverin derivatives: microtubule assembly inhibitors.

scientific article published on December 2001

TPX2 levels modulate meiotic spindle size and architecture in Xenopus egg extracts.

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The RanGTP gradient - a GPS for the mitotic spindle

scientific article published in May 2008

The perichromosomal layer.

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Two distinct domains of protein 4.1 critical for assembly of functional nuclei in vitro

scientific article published on 8 August 2002

Two protein 4.1 domains essential for mitotic spindle and aster microtubule dynamics and organization in vitro

scientific article published on 21 April 2004

Visualization of a Ran-GTP gradient in interphase and mitotic Xenopus egg extracts

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Xenopus egg extracts increase dynamics of histone H1 on sperm chromatin

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Xenopus tropicalis egg extracts provide insight into scaling of the mitotic spindle

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Xnf7 contributes to spindle integrity through its microtubule-bundling activity

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