Akanksha Thawani

XMAP215 is a microtubule nucleation factor that functions synergistically with the γ-tubulin ring complex

Akanksha Thawani, Rachel S. Kadzik, Sabine Petry · Nature Cell Biology · 2018 · 178 citations · Full text

Chromatin, Protein Function, Natural Sciences +9

Structural analysis of the role of TPX2 in branching microtubule nucleation

Raymundo Alfaro‐Aco, Akanksha Thawani, Sabine Petry · The Journal of Cell Biology · 2017 · 95 citations · Full text

Biochemical reconstitution of branching microtubule nucleation

Raymundo Alfaro‐Aco, Akanksha Thawani, Sabine Petry · eLife · 2020 · 85 citations · Full text

Mechanism of how augmin directly targets the γ-tubulin ring complex to microtubules

Jae-Geun Song, Matthew R. King, Rui Zhang et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 2018 · 74 citations · Full text

Spatiotemporal organization of branched microtubule networks

Akanksha Thawani, Howard A. Stone, Joshua W. Shaevitz et al. · eLife · 2019 · 67 citations · Full text