McNally Lab Publications

• Meyerzon, M., Fridolfsson, H.N., Ly, N., McNally, F.J., and Starr, D.A. 2009. UNC-83 is a nuclear-specific cargo adaptor for kinesin-1-mediated nuclear migration. Development. 136: 2725-2733.
• Johnson, J.L., Lu, C., Raharjo, E., McNally, K., McNally, F.J., and Mains, P.E. 2009. Levels of the ubiquitin ligase substrate adaptor MEL-26 are inversely correlated with MEI-1/katanin microtubule-severing activity during both meiosis and mitosis. Dev. Biol. 330: 349-357.
• Ellefson, M.L., and McNally, F.J. 2009. Kinesin-1 and cytoplasmic dynein act sequentially to move the meiotic spindle to the oocyte cortex in Caenorhabditis elegans. Mol. Biol. Cell. 20: 2722-2730.
• McNally, K., Audhya, A., Oegema, K., and F.J. McNally. 2006. Katanin controls mitotic and meiotic spindle length. J. Cell Biol. 175: 881-891.
• McNally, K.L., and F.J. McNally. 2005. Fertilization initiates the transition from anaphase I to metaphase II during C. elegans meiosis. Dev. Biol. 282: 218-230.
• Yang, H., Mains, P.E., and F.J. McNally. 2005. Kinesin-1 mediates translocation of the meiotic spindle to the oocyte cortex through KCA-1, a novel cargo adapter. J. Cell Biol. 169: 447-457.
• McNally, F. 2003. Microtubule dynamics: New surprises from an old MAP. Current Biol. 13: R597-R599
• Yang, H., McNally, K., and F.J. McNally. 2003. MEI-1/katanin is required for translocation of the meiosis I spindle to the oocyte cortex in C. elegans. Dev. Biol. 260: 245-259.
• McNally, K.P., Buster, D. and F.J. McNally. 2002. Katanin-mediated microtubule severing can be regulated by multiple mechanisms. Cell Motil. Cytoskel. 53: 337-349.
• Buster, D.W., McNally, K., and F.J. McNally. 2002. Katanin inhibition prevents the redistribution of g-tubulin at mitosis. J. Cell Science 115: 1083-1092.
• McNally, F.J. 2001. CLASPing the end to the edge. Current Biology 11: R477-R480.
• Srayko, M., Buster, D.W., Bazirgan, O.A., McNally, F.J. and P.E. Mains. 2000. MEI-1/MEI-2 katanin-like microtubule severing activity is required for C. elegans meiosis. Genes and Development. 14: 1072-108.
• McNally, K.P., Bazirgan, O.A., and F.J. McNally. (2000). Two domains of p80 katanin regulate microtubule severing and spindle pole targeting by p60 katanin. J. Cell Science. 113: 1623-1633.
• McNally, F. 2000. Capturing a ring of samurai. Nature Cell Biol. 2: E4-E7.
• McNally, F.J. 1999. Katanin. pp 264-265 in Guidebook to the Cytoskeletal and Motor Proteins. Oxford University Press. T. Kreis and R. Vale eds.
• McNally, F.J. (1999). Microtubule dynamics: Controlling split ends. Current Biology 9: 274-276.
• Ahmad, F.J., Yu, W., McNally, F.J. and P.W. Baas. (1999). An essential role for katanin in severing microtubules in the neuron. J. Cell Biol. 145: 305-315.
• McNally, F.J., and S. Thomas. (1998). Katanin is responsible for the M-phase microtubule-severing activity in Xenopus eggs. Mol. Biol. Cell. 9: 1847-1861.
• Hartman, J.J., Mahr, J., McNally, K., Okawa, K., Iwamatsu, A., Thomas, S., Cheesman, S., Heuser, J., Vale, R.D. and F.J. McNally. 1998. Katanin, a microtubule severing protein, is a novel AAA ATPase that targets to the centrosome using a WD40 domain. Cell 93: 277-287.
• Lohret, T.A., McNally, F.J., and L.M. Quarmby. 1998. A role for katanin-mediated axonemal severing during Chlamydomonas deflagellation. Mol. Biol. Cell 9: 1195-1207.
• McNally, F. J. 1998. Purification and Assay of the Microtubule-Severing Protein, Katanin. Methods in Enzymology 298: 206-218.
• McNally, F.J., Okawa, K., Iwamatsu, A., and R.D. Vale. 1996. Katanin, the microtubule-severing ATPase, is concentrated at centrosomes. J. Cell Sci. 109: 561-567.
• McNally, F.J. 1996. Modulation of microtubule dynamics during the cell cycle. Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 8: 23-29.
• McNally, F. and R. Vale. 1993. Identification of Katanin, an ATPase that Severs and Disassembles Stable Microtubules. Cell 75: 419-429.