Low grain weight, a new allele of BRITTLE CULM12, affects grain size through regulating GW7 expression in rice by Yafeng Ye, Yafeng Ye, Shuoxun Wang, Yan Ren, Yan Ren, Huijie Yang, Huijie Yang, Junyao Guo, Junyao Guo, Hongrui Jiang, Hongrui Jiang, Xiaotong Zhu, Xiaotong Zhu, Wenhao Li, Wenhao Li, Liangzhi Tao, Liangzhi Tao, Yue Zhan, Yue Zhan, Yuejin Wu, Yuejin Wu, Xiangdong Fu, Kun Wu, Binmei Liu, Binmei Liu

“…Map-based cloning revealed that all mutant phenotypes resulted from a nine-base pair (bp) deletion in LGW, which encodes the kinesin-like protein BRITTLE CULM12 (BC12). Protein sequence alignment analysis revealed that the mutation site was located at the nuclear localization signal (NLS) of LGW/BC12, resulting in the lgw protein not being located in the nucleus. …”
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rMELEISH: A Novel Recombinant Multiepitope-Based Protein Applied to the Serodiagnosis of Both Canine and Human Visceral Leishmaniasis by Daniel Silva Dias, Juliana Martins Machado, Patrícia Aparecida Fernandes Ribeiro, Amanda Sanchez Machado, Fernanda Fonseca Ramos, Lais Moreira Nogueira, Ana Alice Maia Gonçalves, Luana de Sousa Ramos, Isadora Braga Gandra, Flaviane Silva Coutinho, Michelli dos Santos, Jonatas Oliveira da Silva, Miguel Angel Chávez-Fumagalli, Rafael Gonçalves Teixeira-Neto, Ana Thereza Chaves, Mariana Campos-da-Paz, Amanda A. Souza, Rodolfo Cordeiro Giunchetti, Sonia Maria Freitas, Sandra Lyon, Danielle Ferreira de Magalhães-Soares, Julia Angelica Gonçalves Silveira, Eduardo Sergio Silva, Eduardo Antonio Ferraz Coelho, Alexsandro Sobreira Galdino

“…Methods: a chimeric protein (rMELEISH) was constructed based on amino acid sequences from kinesin 39 (k39), alpha-tubulin, and heat-shock proteins HSP70 and HSP 83.1, and tested in enzyme-linked immunosorbent (ELISA) for the detection of <i>L. infantum</i> infection using canine (<i>n</i> = 140) and human (<i>n</i> = 145) sera samples. …”
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Comparative cytological and transcriptome analyses of ny2 mutant delayed degeneration of tapetal cells and promotes abnormal microspore development in neo-tetraploid rice by Nabieu Kamara, Nabieu Kamara, Nabieu Kamara, Nabieu Kamara, Nabieu Kamara, Yamin Jiao, Yamin Jiao, Yamin Jiao, Yamin Jiao, Weicong Huang, Weicong Huang, Weicong Huang, Weicong Huang, Lichong Cao, Lichong Cao, Lichong Cao, Lichong Cao, Lianjun Zhu, Lianjun Zhu, Lianjun Zhu, Lianjun Zhu, Chongchong Zhao, Chongchong Zhao, Chongchong Zhao, Chongchong Zhao, Xu Huang, Xu Huang, Xu Huang, Xu Huang, Fimanekeni Ndaitavela Shivute, Fimanekeni Ndaitavela Shivute, Fimanekeni Ndaitavela Shivute, Fimanekeni Ndaitavela Shivute, Fimanekeni Ndaitavela Shivute, Xiangdong Liu, Xiangdong Liu, Xiangdong Liu, Xiangdong Liu, Jinwen Wu, Jinwen Wu, Jinwen Wu, Jinwen Wu, Muhammad Qasim Shahid, Muhammad Qasim Shahid, Muhammad Qasim Shahid, Muhammad Qasim Shahid

“…Moreover, 9 genes related to tapetum or pollen fertility showed down-regulation, such as OsABCG26 (ATP Binding Cassette G26), TMS9-1 (Thermosensitive Male Sterility), EAT1 (Programmed cell death regulatory), KIN14M (Kinesin Motor), OsMT1a (Metallothionein), and OsSTRL2 (Atypical strictosidine synthase), which were validated by qRT-PCR. …”
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Anti-KIF20B autoantibodies are associated with cranial neuropathy in systemic lupus erythematosus by Joan T Merrill, Ronald F van Vollenhoven, Daniel J Wallace, Susan Manzi, Cynthia Aranow, Anca Askenase, Michelle A Petri, Jill Buyon, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, Ian N Bruce, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza, Ellen M Ginzler, Graciela S Alarcón, John G Hanly, Murray B Urowitz, Juanita Romero-Diaz, Caroline Gordon, Sang-Cheol Bae, Anisur Rahman, Mary Anne Dooley, Paul R Fortin, Dafna D Gladman, Meggan Mackay, Andreas Jönsen, Sam Lim, Murat Inanc, Diane L Kamen, Christine A Peschken, Søren Jacobsen, Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero, David Isenberg, Marvin J Fritzler, Ann E Clarke, Sasha Bernatsky, Kenneth C Kalunian, Eugene Krustev, May Y Choi, Katherine A Buhler, Ricky Chin

“…Previous studies reported that antibodies to the kinesin family member 20B (KIF20B) (anti-KIF20B) protein were associated with idiopathic ataxia and CN. …”
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Quantitative proteomic dataset of whole protein in three melanoma samples of 92.1, 92.1-A and 92.1-B by Xifeng Fei, Xiangtong Xie, Xiaoyan Ji, Haiyan Tian, Fei Sun, Dongyi Jiang, Zhimin Wang, Qiang Huang

“…However, it is difficult to determine whether the relevant proteins in peripheral blood are the same kinesins as those in primary lesions and metastases. …”
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Cytoplasmic dynein-1 cargo diversity is mediated by the combinatorial assembly of FTS–Hook–FHIP complexes by Jenna R Christensen, Agnieszka A Kendrick, Joey B Truong, Adriana Aguilar-Maldonado, Vinit Adani, Monika Dzieciatkowska, Samara L Reck-Peterson

“…In eukaryotic cells, intracellular components are organized by the microtubule motors cytoplasmic dynein-1 (dynein) and kinesins, which are linked to cargos via adaptor proteins. …”
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First steps towards effective methods in exploiting high-throughput technologies for the determination of human protein structures of high biomedical value. by Banci, L, Bertini, I, Cusack, S, de Jong, R, Heinemann, U, Jones, E, Kozielski, F, Maskos, K, Messerschmidt, A, Owens, R, Perrakis, A, Poterszman, A, Schneider, G, Siebold, C, Silman, I, Sixma, T, Stewart-Jones, G, Sussman, J, Thierry, J, Moras, D

“…The EC 'Structural Proteomics In Europe' contract is aimed specifically at the atomic resolution structure determination of human protein targets closely linked to health, with a focus on cancer (kinesins, kinases, proteins from the ubiquitin pathway), neurological development and neurodegenerative diseases and immune recognition. …”

Identification and characterization of host proteins interacting with NSm, the Tomato spotted wilt virus movement protein by M. Paape, S. Nell, S. Von Bargen, J.-W. Kellmann

“…J-domain chaperones from different host species and a protein denominated At-4/1 from Arabidopsis thaliana showing homologies to myosins and kinesins were identified as NSm-interacting partners. …”
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Inhibition of Bcl-xL sensitizes cells to mitotic blockers, but not mitotic drivers by Ailsa Bennett, Olivia Sloss, Caroline Topham, Louisa Nelson, Anthony Tighe, Stephen S. Taylor

“…Concentration matrices show that BH3-mimetic-mediated inhibition of Bcl-xL synergises with perturbations that induce an SAC-mediated mitotic block, including drugs that dampen microtubule dynamics, and inhibitors targeting kinesins and kinases required for spindle assembly. …”
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Regulatory mechanisms of the dynein-2 motility by post-translational modification revealed by MD simulation by Shintaroh Kubo, Khanh Huy Bui

“…Abstract Intraflagellar transport for ciliary assembly and maintenance is driven by dynein and kinesins specific to the cilia. It has been shown that anterograde and retrograde transports run on different regions of the doublet microtubule, i.e., separate train tracks. …”
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Relocation of Aurora B from centromeres to the central spindle at the metaphase to anaphase transition requires MKlp2. by Gruneberg, U, Neef, R, Honda, R, Nigg, E, Barr, F

“…Here, we have investigated the role of MKlp1 and MKlp2, two vertebrate mitotic kinesins essential for cytokinesis, in the spatial regulation of the Aurora B kinase. …”

Axon-Targeting Motifs: Mechanisms and Applications of Enhancing Axonal Localisation of Transmembrane Proteins by Lloyd J. Steele-Nicholson, Melissa R. Andrews

“…These motifs target proteins to the axonal compartment by a variety of mechanisms including: promoting segregation into axon-targeted secretory vesicles, increasing interaction with axonal kinesins and enhancing somatodendritic endocytosis. …”
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Ubiquitination associated proteolysis inhibition impairs plus ended motor proteins dynamics during mitosis. by Leong, Michelle Jiahui.

“…Kinesins (Kif4A and Eg5) are microtubule-based motor proteins known to play imperative roles in cellular activities like cell division, intracellular transport of organelles and signal transduction. …”
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Characterisation of mitotic phosphorylation on chromokinesin KIF4A by Ang, Anthony Wei Tzerl

“…Chromokinesins are a group of kinesins characterized by their association to the arms of chromosomes during mitosis. …”
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Active transport of the ubiquitin ligase MID1 along the microtubules is regulated by protein phosphatase 2A. by Beatriz Aranda-Orgillés, Johanna Aigner, Melanie Kunath, Rudi Lurz, Rainer Schneider, Susann Schweiger

“…Intact transport depends on both kinesins and dyneins and is inhibited upon colcemide treatments. …”
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Mitotic Poisons in Research and Medicine by Jan Škubník, Michal Jurášek, Tomáš Ruml, Silvie Rimpelová

“…In this review article, the main approaches on how to target cancer cell mitosis are described, involving microtubule inhibition, targeting aurora and polo-like kinases and kinesins inhibition. The main representatives of all groups of compounds are discussed and attention has also been paid to the presence and future of the clinical use of these compounds as well as their novel derivatives, reviewing the finished and ongoing clinical trials.…”
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Differential Expression of Mitosis and Cell Cycle Regulatory Genes during Recovery from an Acute Respiratory Virus Infection by Ajinkya R. Limkar, Justin B. Lack, Albert C. Sek, Caroline M. Percopo, Kirk M. Druey, Helene F. Rosenberg

“…Our findings revealed prominent differential expression of inflammation-associated genes as well as numerous genes and gene families implicated in mitosis and cell-cycle regulation, including cyclins, cyclin-dependent kinases, cell division cycle genes, E2F transcription factors, kinesins, centromere proteins, and aurora kinases, among others. …”
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Host Cytoskeleton Gene Expression Is Correlated with the Formation of Ascovirus Reproductive Viral Vesicles by Heba A. H. Zaghloul, Peter Arensburger, Brian A. Federici

“…In <i>T. ni</i>, many cytoskeleton genes were upregulated at 48 hours post-infection (hpi), including 29 tubulins, 21 actins, 21 dyneins, and 13 kinesins. Mitochondrial genes were upregulated as much as two-fold at 48 hpi and were expressed at levels comparable to controls in both <i>T. ni</i> and <i>S. frugiperda</i>, even after 21 dpi, when several cytoskeleton genes remained upregulated. …”
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Diabetes alters KIF1A and KIF5B motor proteins in the hippocampus. by Filipa I Baptista, Maria J Pinto, Filipe Elvas, Ramiro D Almeida, António F Ambrósio

“…These changes suggest that anterograde axonal transport mediated by these kinesins may be impaired in hippocampal neurons, which may lead to changes in synaptic proteins, thus contributing to changes in hippocampal neurotransmission and to cognitive and memory impairments.…”
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Progressive ataxia of Charolais cattle highlights a role of KIF1C in sustainable myelination. by Amandine Duchesne, Anne Vaiman, Magali Frah, Sandrine Floriot, Sabrina Legoueix-Rodriguez, Anne Desmazières, Sébastien Fritz, Christian Beauvallet, Olivier Albaric, Eric Venot, Maud Bertaud, Romain Saintilan, Raphaël Guatteo, Diane Esquerré, Julien Branchu, Anaïs Fleming, Alexis Brice, Frédéric Darios, Jean-Luc Vilotte, Giovanni Stevanin, Didier Boichard, Khalid Hamid El Hachimi

“…Amongst the identified genetic causes, mutations in genes encoding motor proteins such as kinesins have been involved in various HSP clinical isoforms. …”
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