The Microtubule-severing Proteins Spastin and Katanin Participate Differently in the Formation of Axonal Branches

Wenqian Yu, Liang Qiang, Joanna M. Solowska, +3

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Protein SecretionMolecular BiologyCytoskeletonMicrotubule-severing Proteins SpastinCellular Neurobiology +19

An Essential Role for Katanin in Severing Microtubules in the Neuron

Fridoon Jawad Ahmad, Wenqian Yu, Francis J. McNally, +1

The Journal of Cell Biology

Microtubule ReleaseCytoskeletonNeurotransmissionCellular NeurobiologyCellular Physiology +17

Tau Protects Microtubules in the Axon from Severing by Katanin

Qiang Liang, Wenqian Yu, Athena Andreadis, +2

Journal of Neuroscience

Protein FunctionMolecular NeuroscienceSignal TransductionMolecular BiologyAxonal Microtubules +9

Role of cytoplasmic dynein in the axonal transport of microtubules and neurofilaments

Yan He, Franto Francis, Kenneth A. Myers, +3

The Journal of Cell Biology

CytoskeletonNeurotransmissionCellular PhysiologySocial SciencesMt Transport +15

Tau Does Not Stabilize Axonal Microtubules but Rather Enables Them to Have Long Labile Domains

Liang Qiang, Xiaohuan Sun, Timothy O. Austin, +5

Current Biology

Protein FunctionDevelopmental BiologyRather Enables ThemAxonal MicrotubulesMorphogenesis +8

Septin-Driven Coordination of Actin and Microtubule Remodeling Regulates the Collateral Branching of Axons

Jianli Hu, Xiaobo Bai, Jonathan R. Bowen, +7

Current Biology

Microtubule RemodelingDevelopmental BiologySeptin-driven CoordinationMedicineMorphogenesis +9

Axonal Growth Is Sensitive to the Levels of Katanin, a Protein That Severs Microtubules

Arzu Karabay, Wenqian Yu, Joanna M. Solowska, +2

Journal of Neuroscience

BiologyKatanin ActivityHeterodimeric EnzymeSignal TransductionDevelopmental Biology +13

Microtubule fragmentation and partitioning in the axon during collateral branch formation

Wenqian Yu, FJ Ahmad, P. Baas

Journal of Neuroscience

Biophysical ModelingCytoskeletonMore MtsNew MtsCellular Neurobiology +17

Identification of a Microtubule-associated Motor Protein Essential for Dendritic Differentiation

David Sharp, Wenqian Yu, Lotfi Ferhat, +3

The Journal of Cell Biology

Microtubule nucleation and release from the neuronal centrosome

Wenqian Yu, V. E. Centonze, FJ Ahmad, +1

The Journal of Cell Biology