Westermann Group Publications

Hornung, P., Maier, M., Alushin, GM., Lander, GC., Nogales, E., Westermann, S. (2011). Molecular architecture and connectivity of the budding yeast Mtw1 kinetochore complex. J Mol Biol. 405(2):548-59 (abstract)

Lampert, F., Westermann, S. (2011). A blueprint for kinetochores - new insights into the molecular mechanics of cell division. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 12(7):407-12 (abstract)

Lampert, F., Hornung, P., Westermann, S. (2010). The Dam1 complex confers microtubule plus end-tracking activity to the Ndc80 kinetochore complex. J Cell Biol. 189(4):641-9 (abstract)

Kiermaier, E., Woehrer, S., Peng, Y., Mechtler, K., Westermann, S. (2009). A Dam1-based artificial kinetochore is sufficient to promote chromosome segregation in budding yeast. Nat Cell Biol. 11(9):1109-15 (abstract)

Zimniak, T., Stengl, K., Mechtler, K., Westermann, S. (2009). Phosphoregulation of the budding yeast EB1 homologue Bim1p by Aurora/Ipl1p. J Cell Biol. 186(3):379-91 (abstract)

Grishchuk, EL., Efremov, AK., Volkov, VA., Spiridonov, IS., Gudimchuk, N., Westermann, S., Drubin, D., Barnes, G., McIntosh, JR., Ataullakhanov, FI. (2008). The Dam1 ring binds microtubules strongly enough to be a processive as well as energy-efficient coupler for chromosome motion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105(40):15423-8 (abstract)

Grishchuk, EL., Spiridonov, IS., Volkov, VA., Efremov, A., Westermann, S., Drubin, D., Barnes, G., Ataullakhanov, FI., McIntosh, JR. (2008). Different assemblies of the DAM1 complex follow shortening microtubules by distinct mechanisms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105(19):6918-23 (abstract)

Wang, HW., Long, S., Ciferri, C., Westermann, S., Drubin, D., Barnes, G., Nogales, E. (2008). Architecture and flexibility of the yeast Ndc80 kinetochore complex. J Mol Biol. 383(4):894-903 (abstract)

Wang, HW., Ramey, VH., Westermann, S., Leschziner, AE., Welburn, JP., Nakajima, Y., Drubin, DG., Barnes, G., Nogales, E. (2007). Architecture of the Dam1 kinetochore ring complex and implications for microtubule-driven assembly and force-coupling mechanisms. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 14(8):721-6 (abstract)

Westermann, S. (2007). Stefan Westermann: a close look at kinetochore function. Interviewed by Caitlan Sedwick. J Cell Biol. 179(5):810-1 (abstract)

Westermann, S., Drubin, DG., Barnes, G. (2007). Structures and functions of yeast kinetochore complexes. Annu Rev Biochem. 76:563-91 (abstract)

Wong, J., Nakajima, Y., Westermann, S., Shang, C., Kang, JS., Goodner, C., Houshmand, P., Fields, S., Chan, CS., Drubin, D., Barnes, G., Hazbun, T. (2007). A protein interaction map of the mitotic spindle. Mol Biol Cell. 18(10):3800-9 (abstract)

Westermann, S., Wang, HW., Avila-Sakar, A., Drubin, DG., Nogales, E., Barnes, G. (2006). The Dam1 kinetochore ring complex moves processively on depolymerizing microtubule ends. Nature. 440(7083):565-9 (abstract)

Westermann, S., Avila-Sakar, A., Wang, HW., Niederstrasser, H., Wong, J., Drubin, DG., Nogales, E., Barnes, G. (2005). Formation of a dynamic kinetochore- microtubule interface through assembly of the Dam1 ring complex. Mol Cell. 17(2):277-90 (abstract)

Westermann, S., Cheeseman, IM., Anderson, S., Yates, JR., Drubin, DG., Barnes, G. (2003). Architecture of the budding yeast kinetochore reveals a conserved molecular core. J Cell Biol. 163(2):215-22 (abstract)