Lu Rao

Cytoplasmic dynein regulates its attachment to microtubules via nucleotide state-switched mechanosensing at multiple AAA domains

Matthew P. Nicholas, Florian Berger, Lu Rao et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2015 · 125 citations · Full text

Pathogenic mutations in the kinesin-3 motor KIF1A diminish force generation and movement through allosteric mechanisms

Breane Budaitis, Shashank Jariwala, Lu Rao et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 2020 · 95 citations · Full text

Genotype and defects in microtubule-based motility correlate with clinical severity in KIF1A-associated neurological disorder

Lia Boyle, Lu Rao, Simranpreet Kaur et al. · Human Genetics and Genomics Advances · 2021 · 84 citations · Full text

Molecular mechanism of cytoplasmic dynein tension sensing

Lu Rao, Florian Berger, Matthew P. Nicholas et al. · Nature Communications · 2019 · 70 citations · Full text

<scp>ALS</scp> ‐linked <scp>KIF5A ΔExon27</scp> mutant causes neuronal toxicity through gain‐of‐function

Devesh C. Pant, Janani Parameswaran, Lu Rao et al. · EMBO Reports · 2022 · 63 citations · Full text

Neurodegenerative Diseases, Synaptic Plasticity, Molecular Neuroscience +13