Structure/function of chromosome passengers

Aurora-b papers

1. Chromosomal passengers and the (aurora) ABCs of mitosis. Adams RR, Carmena M, Earnshaw WC.: Trends Cell Biol. 2001 Feb;11(2):49-54.
2. Downregulation of an AIM-1 Kinase Couples with Megakaryocytic Polyploidization of Human Hematopoietic Cells. Kawasaki A, Matsumura I, Miyagawa Ji, Ezoe S, Tanaka H, Terada Y, Tatsuka M, Machii T, Miyazaki H,Furukawa Y, Kanakura Y.: J Cell Biol 2001 Jan 22;152(2):275-88
3. Drosophila aurora b kinase is required for histone h3 phosphorylation and condensin recruitment during chromosome condensation and to organize the central spindle during cytokinesis. Giet R, Glover DM.: J Cell Biol 2001 Feb 19;152(4):669-82
4. INCENP binds the Aurora-related kinase AIRK2 and is required to target it to chromosomes, the central spindle and cleavage furrow. Adams RR, Wheatleya SP, Gouldsworthy AM, Kandels-Lewis SE, Carmena M, Smythe C, Gerloff DL, Earnshaw WC.: Curr Biol 2000 Sep 7;10(17):1075-8
5. Incenp and an aurora-like kinase form a complex essential for chromosome segregation and efficient completion of cytokinesis. Kaitna S, Mendoza M, Jantsch-Plunger V, Glotzer M.: Curr Biol. 2000 Oct 5;10(19):1172-81.
6. Mitotic phosphorylation of histone H3 is governed by Ipl1/aurora kinase and Glc7/PP1 phosphatase in budding yeast and nematodes. Hsu JY, Sun ZW, Li X, Reuben M, Tatchell K, Bishop DK, Grushcow JM, Brame CJ, Caldwell JA, Hunt DF, Lin R, Smith MM, Allis CD.: Cell. 2000 Aug 4;102(3):279-91.
7.The aurora-related kinase AIR-2 recruits ZEN-4/CeMKLP1 to the mitotic spindle at metaphase and is required for cytokinesis. Severson AF, Hamill DR, Carter JC, Schumacher J, Bowerman B.: Curr Biol. 2000 Oct 5;10(19):1162-71.
8. The survivin-like C. elegans BIR-1 protein acts with the Aurora-like kinase AIR-2 to affectchromosomes and the spindle midzone. Speliotes EK, Uren A, Vaux D, Horvitz HR.: Mol Cell. 2000 Aug;6(2):211-23.
9. 5.Aurora/Ipl1p-related kinases, a new oncogenic family of mitotic serine-threonine kinases. Giet R, Prigent C.: J Cell Sci. 1999 Nov;112 ( Pt 21):3591-601. Review.
10.The Aurora/Ipl1p kinase family: regulators of chromosome segregation and cytokinesis. Bischoff JR, Plowman GD.: Trends Cell Biol. 1999 Nov;9(11):454-9. Review.
11. Stu-7/air-2 is a C. elegans aurora homologue essential for chromosome segregation during embryonic and post-embryonic development. Woollard A, Hodgkin J.: Mech Dev. 1999 Apr;82(1-2):95-108.
12.The conserved protein kinase Ipl1 regulates microtubule binding to kinetochores in budding yeast. Biggins S, Severin FF, Bhalla N, Sassoon I, Hyman AA, Murray AW.: Genes Dev. 1999 Mar 1;13(5):532-44.
13. Sli15 associates with the ipl1 protein kinase to promote proper chromosome segregation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Kim JH, Kang JS, Chan CS.: J Cell Biol. 1999 Jun 28;145(7):1381-94.
14. Mitotic kinase expression and colorectal cancer progression. Katayama H, Ota T, Jisaki F, Ueda Y, Tanaka T, Odashima S, Suzuki F, Terada Y, Tatsuka M.: J Natl Cancer Inst 1999 Jul 7;91(13):1160-2
15. AIR-2: An Aurora/Ipl1-related protein kinase associated with chromosomes and midbody microtubules is required for polar body extrusion and cytokinesis in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos. Schumacher JM, Golden A, Donovan PJ.: J Cell Biol. 1998 Dec 14;143(6):1635-46.
16. AIM-1: a mammalian midbody-associated protein required for cytokinesis. Terada Y, Tatsuka M, Suzuki F, Yasuda Y, Fujita S, Otsu M.: EMBO J 1998 Feb 2;17(3):667-76
17. Multinuclearity and increased ploidy caused by overexpression of the aurora- and Ipl1-like midbody-associated protein mitotic kinase in human cancer cells. Tatsuka M, Katayama H, Ota T, Tanaka T, Odashima S, Suzuki F, Terada Y.: Cancer Res. 1998 Nov 1;58(21):4811-6.
18. Human AIM-1: cDNA cloning and reduced expression during endomitosis in megakaryocyte-lineage cells. Katayama H, Ota T, Morita K, Terada Y, Suzuki F, Katoh O, Tatsuka M.: Gene 1998 Dec 11;224(1-2):1-7
19. A homologue of Drosophila aurora kinase is oncogenic and amplified in human colorectal cancers. Bischoff JR, Anderson L, Zhu Y, Mossie K, Ng L, Souza B, Schryver B, Flanagan P, Clairvoyant F, Ginther C, Chan CS, Novotny M, Slamon DJ, Plowman GD.: EMBO J 1998 Jun 1;17(11):3052-65 .