Dept of Molecular Genetics
984 Biological Sciences Bldg
484 W 12th Avenue
Columbus OH 43210
Tel:  614/292-8084
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The Ohio State University College of Biological Sciences

Webmaster

Berl R. Oakley

Recent Publications

1. Paluh, J.L., Nogales, E., Oakley, B.R., McDonald, K., Pidoux, A. and Cande, W.Z.  2000.  A novel essential mitotic function for gamma-tubulin:  Separation of nucleation from microtubule organization and dynamics by a mutation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe gamma-tubulin.  Mol Biol. Cell.  In press.
2. Khodjakov, A., Cole, R.W., Oakley, B.R. and Rieder, C.L.  2000.  Centrosome-independent mitotic spondle formation in vertebrates.  Curr. Biol.  In press.
3. Oakley, B.R. and Akkari, Y.N.  1999.  Gamma-tubulin at ten:  Progress and prospects.  Cell Struc. Funct. 24:365-372.
4. Ovechkina, Y.Y., Pettit, R.K., Cichaz, Z.A., Pettit, G.R. and Oakley, B.R.  1999.  Unusual antimicrotubule activity of the antifungal agent spongistatin 1.  Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 43:1993-1999.
5. Oakley, B.R.  1999.  Gamma tubulin.  In: Guidebook to the Cytoskeletal and Motor Proteins (Second Edition) (Edited by T. Kreis and R. Vale). A Sambrook & Tooze Publication at Oxford University Press, New York.  pp. 271-275.
6. Oakley, B.R.  1998.  Methods for isolating amd analyzing mitotic mutants in Aspergillus nidulans.  In: Methods in Cell Biology.  Vol. 61.  (Edited by C. Rieder) Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 348-361.
7. Jung, M. K., May, G. S. and Oakley, B. R.  1998.  Mitosis in wild-type and beta tubulin mutant strains of Aspergillus nidulans.  Fungal Genet. Biol. 24:146-160.
8. Ding, R., West, R. R., Morphew, M., Oakley, B. R., and McIntosh, J.R. 1997.  The spindle pole body of Schizosaccharomyces pombe enters and leaves the nuclear envelope as the cell cycle proceeds.  Mol. Biol. Cell 8: 1461-1479.
9. Wilson, P. G., Zheng, Y., Oakley, C. E., Oakley, B. R., Borisy, G. G. and Fuller, M. T.  1997.  Differential expression of two gamma tubulin isoforms during gametogenesis and development in Drosophila.  Dev. Biol. 184: 207-221.
10. Akashi, Tomohiro, Yoon, Y. and Oakley, B. R.  1997.  Characterization of gamma tubulin complexes in Aspergillus nidulans and detection of putative gamma tubulin interacting proteins.  Cell Motil. Cytoskel.  37: 149-158.
11. Martin, M.A., Osmani, S. A. and Oakley, B. R.  1997.  The role of gamma tubulin in mitotic spindle formation and cell cycle progression in Aspergillus nidulans.  J. Cell Sci. 110: 623-633.
12. Oakley, B. R.  1995.  A nice ring to the centrosome.  Nature 378: 555-556.
13. Yoon, Y. and Oakley, B. R.  1995.  Purification and characterization of assembly-competent tubulin from Aspergillus nidulans.  Biochemistry 34: 6373-6381.
14. Oakley, B. R. and Oakley, C. E.  1995.  Tubulin and microtubules.  Scientific American Science and Medicine 2: 58-67.
15. Horio, T. and Oakley, B. R.  1994.  Human gamma tubulin functions in fission yeast.  J. Cell Biol. 126: 1465-1473.
16. Oakley, B. R.  1992.  Gamma tubulin:  the microtubule organizer?  Trends Cell Biol. 2: 1-5.
17. Horio, T., Uzawa, S., Jung, M. K., Oakley, B. R., Tanaka, K. and Yanagida, M.  1991.  The fission yeast gamma tubulin is essential for mitosis and is localized at two different microtubule organizing centers.   J. Cell Sci. 99: 693-700.
18. Zheng, Y., Jung, M. K. and Oakley, B. R.  1991.  Gamma tubulin is present in Drosophila melanogaster and Homo sapiens and is associated with the centrosome.   Cell 65: 817-823.
19. Oakley, B. R., Oakley, C.E., Yoon, Y. and Jung, M.K.  1990.  Gamma tubulin is a component of the spindle-pole-body that is essential for microtubule function in Aspergillus nidulans.  Cell  61: 1289-1301.