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A FEW RECENT PUBLICATIONS

2001.

Du, Q., Stukenberg, T. and Macara, I.G. (2001) A mammalian Partner of Inscuteable (Pins) binds NuMA and regulates mitotic spindle assembly and organization. Nature Cell Biol. 3: 1069-1075.

2002.
Smith, A.E., Slepchenko, B., Schaff, J., Loew, L. and Macara, I.G. (2002) Systems analysis of Ran transport into the nucleus. Science 295: 488-491.
Lindsay, M., Plafker, K., Smith, A.E., Clurman, B.E. and Macara, I.G. (2002). Npap60 is a tri-stable switch that stimulates importin-a/b-mediated nuclear import. Cell 110: 349-360.

2003.
Hurd, T.W.*, Gao, L.*, Roh, M.H., Macara, I.G. and Margolis, B. (2003) Direct interaction of two polarity complexes implicated in epithelial tight junctiona assembly. Nature Cell Biol. 5: 137-142. (*authors contributed equally).
Garrard, S., M., Capaldo, C.T., Gao, L., Rosen, M.K., Macara, I.G. and Tomchick, D. (2003) Structure of Cdc42 in a complex with the GTPase-binding domain of the cell polarity protein, Par6. EMBO J 22: 1125-1133.
Yi, R., Qin, Y., Macara, I.G. and Cullen, B.R. (2003) Exportin-5 mediates the nuclear export of pre-microRNAs and short hairpin RNAs. Genes & Dev. 17: 3011-3016.
Macara, I.G. (2003) Parsing the polarity code. Nature Mol. Cell Biol. Reviews 5: 220-231.

2004.

Plafker, S.M., Plafker, K.S., Weissman, A.M. and Macara, I.G. (2004) J. Cell Biol. (in press)
Du, Q. and Macara, I.G. (2004) Mammalian Pins functions as a conformational switch to couple NuMA and G-proteins. Cell 1119: 1-20.

2005.

Chen, X. and Macara, I.G.. (2005) Par-3 regulates tight junction assembly through the Rac exchange factor, Tiam1. Nature Cell Biol. 7: 262 - 269.
Riddick, G. and Macara, I.G. (2005) A systems analysis of importin-?/? mediated nuclear protein import. J. Cell Biol. 168: 1027-1038 (cover picture; commentary in J Cell Biol).
Qin, Y., Capaldo, C., Gumbiner, B. and Macara, I.G. (2005) The mammalian Scribble polarity protein regulates epithelial cell adhesion and migration through E-cadherin. J. Cell Biol. 171: 1061-71.

2006.

Zhang, H. and Macara, I.G. (2006) The polarity protein PAR-3 and TIAM1 co-operate in dendritic spine morphogenesis. Nature Cell Biol. 8: 227- 237. (Commentary in Cell)
Chen, X. and Macara, I.G. (2006) PAR-3 regulates cofilin phosphorylation through LIMK2. J. Cell Biol. 172: 671-678
Macara, I.G. and Spang, A.(2006) Closing the GAP between polarity and vesicle transport. Cell 125: 419-421

2007

Kremer, B.E., Adang, L.A. and Macara, I.G. (2007) Septins regulate actin organization and cell-cycle arrest through nuclear accumulation of NCK mediated by SOCS7. Cell 130: 837-850. (Reviewed in Cell).
Goldstein, B. and Macara, I.G. (2007) The PAR proteins: fundamental players in cell polarity. Dev. Cell 13: 609-622.
Sirajuddin M, Farkasovsky M, Hauer F, Kühlmann D, Macara IG, Weyand M, Stark H, Wittinghofer A.(2007) Structural insight into filament formation by mammalian septins. Nature (article) 449: 311-315.

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