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INCENP papers

1. INCENP binds directly to tubulin and requires dynamic microtubules to target to the cleavage furrow.
Exp Cell Res 2001 Jan 15;262(2):122-7

2. A roar for INCENP.
Greaves S.
Nat Cell Biol. 2001 Jan;3(1):E14. Review. No abstract available.

3. Chromosomal passengers and the (aurora) ABCs of mitosis.
Adams RR, Carmena M, Earnshaw WC.
Trends Cell Biol. 2001 Feb;11(2):49-54.

2. Survivin and the inner centromere protein INCENP show similar cell-cycle localization and gene knockout phenotype.
Uren AG, Wong L, Pakusch M, Fowler KJ, Burrows FJ, Vaux DL, Choo KH.
Curr Biol 2000 Nov 2;10(21):1319-28

3. 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

4. Human centromeres and neocentromeres show identical distribution patterns of functionally important kinetochore-associated proteins.
Saffery R, Irvine DV, Griffiths B, Kalitsis P, Wordeman L, Choo KH.
Hum Mol Genet. 2000 Jan 22;9(2):175-85.

5. Incenp and an aurora-like kinase form a complex essential for chromosome segregationand efficient completion of cytokinesis.
Kaitna S, Mendoza M, Jantsch-Plunger V, Glotzer M.
Curr Biol. 2000 Oct 5;10(19):1172-81.

6.Trisomy 20p resulting from inverted duplication and neocentromere formation.
Voullaire L, Saffery R, Davies J, Earle E, Kalitsis P, Slater H, Irvine DV, Choo KH.
Am J Med Genet 1999 Aug 6;85(4):403-8

7.Defective chromosome segregation, microtubule bundling and nuclear bridging in inner centromere protein gene (Incenp)-disrupted mice.
Cutts SM, Fowler KJ, Kile BT, Hii LL, O'Dowd RA, Hudson DF, Saffery R, Kalitsis P, Earle E, Choo KH.
Hum Mol Genet. 1999 Jul;8(7):1145-55.

8.Cloning, expression, and promoter structure of a mammalian inner centromere protein (INCENP).
Saffery R, Irvine DV, Kile BT, Hudson DF, Cutts SM, Choo KH.
Mamm Genome. 1999 Apr;10(4):415-8.

9. Cleavage furrows formed between centrosomes lacking an intervening spindle and chromosomes contain microtubule bundles, INCENP, and CHO1 but not CENP-E.
Savoian MS, Earnshaw WC, Khodjakov A, Rieder CL.
Mol Biol Cell. 1999 Feb;10(2):297-311.

10. 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.

11. Colocalization of TD-60 and INCENP throughout G2 and mitosis: evidence for theirpossible interaction in signalling cytokinesis.
Martineau-Thuillier S, Andreassen PR, Margolis RL.
Chromosoma. 1998 Dec;107(6-7):461-70.

12. INCENP centromere and spindle targeting: identification of essential conserved motifsand involvement of heterochromatin protein HP1.
Ainsztein AM, Kandels-Lewis SE, Mackay AM, Earnshaw WC.
J Cell Biol. 1998 Dec 28;143(7):1763-74.

13. Genetic mapping of mouse centromere protein (Incenp and Cenpe) genes.
Fowler KJ, Saffery R, Kile BT, Irvine DV, Hudson DF, Trowell HE, Choo KH.
Cytogenet Cell Genet. 1998;82(1-2):67-70.

14. A dominant mutant of inner centromere protein (INCENP), a chromosomal protein, disrupts prometaphase congression and cytokinesis.
Mackay AM, Ainsztein AM, Eckley DM, Earnshaw WC.
J Cell Biol. 1998 Mar 9;140(5):991-1002.

15. Chromosomal proteins and cytokinesis: patterns of cleavage furrow formation and inner centromere protein positioning in mitotic heterokaryons and mid-anaphase cells.
Eckley DM, Ainsztein AM, Mackay AM, Goldberg IG, Earnshaw WC.
J Cell Biol. 1997 Mar 24;136(6):1169-83.

16. Centromeres of human chromosomes.
Sullivan BA, Schwartz S, Willard HF.
Environ Mol Mutagen. 1996;28(3):182-91. Review.

17. Molecular analysis of the INCENPs (inner centromere proteins): separate domains are required for association with microtubules during interphase and with the centralspindle during anaphase.
Mackay AM, Eckley DM, Chue C, Earnshaw WC.
J Cell Biol. 1993 Oct;123(2):373-85.

18. The INCENPs: structural and functional analysis of a family of chromosome passenger proteins.
Mackay AM, Earnshaw WC.
Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 1993;58:697-706. No abstract available.

19. Analysis of the distribution of the INCENPs throughout mitosis reveals the existenceof a pathway of structural changes in the chromosomes during metaphase and early events in cleavage furrow formation.
Earnshaw WC, Cooke CA.
J Cell Sci. 1991 Apr;98 ( Pt 4):443-61.

20. Proteins of the inner and outer centromere of mitotic chromosomes.
Earnshaw WC, Cooke CA.
Genome. 1989;31(2):541-52. Review.

21. The inner centromere protein (INCENP) antigens: movement from inner centromere to midbody during mitosis.
Cooke CA, Heck MM, Earnshaw WC.
J Cell Biol. 1987 Nov;105(5):2053-67.