Publications

Yan, H, W Ge, TG Chew, JY Chow, D McCollum, AM Neiman and MK Balasubramanian: The Meiosis-Specific Sid2p-related Protein Slk1p Regulates Forespore Membrane Assembly in Fission Yeast. Molecular Biology of the Cell 19: 3676-3690 (2008).

Srinivasan, R, M Mishra, L Wu, Z Yin and MK Balasubramanian: The bacterial cell division protein FtsZ assembles into cytoplasmic rings in fission yeast. Genes & Development 22:1741-1746 (2008).

Ge, W and MK Balasubramanian: Pxl1p, a Paxillin-related Protein, Stabilizes the Actomyosin Ring during Cytokinesis in Fission Yeast. Molecular Biology of the Cell 19: 1680-1692 (2008).

Mishra, M and S Oliferenko: Cytokinesis: Catch and Drag. Current Biology 18: R247-250 (2008).

Chew, TG and MK Balasubramanian: Nuc2p, a Subunit of the Anaphase Promoting Complex, Inhibits Septation Initiation Network Following Cytokinesis in Fission Yeast. PLoS Genetics 4: e17 (2008).

Huang, Y, PT Tran, S Oliferenko and MK Balasubramanian: Assembly of Microtubules and Actomyosin Rings in the Absence of Nuclei and Spindle Pole Bodies Revealed by a Novel Genetic Method. PloS One 7: e618 (2007).

Huang, Y, TG Chew, W Ge, and MK Balasubramanian: Polarity Determinants Tea1p, Tea4p, and Pom1p Inhibit Division-Septum Assembly at Cell Ends in Fission Yeast. Developmental Cell 12:987-996 (2007).

Karagiannis, J and MK Balasubramanian: A Cyclin-Dependent Kinase that Promotes Cytokinesis through Modulating Phosphorylation of the Carboxy Terminal Domain of the RNA Pol II Rpb1p Sub-Unit. PLoS ONE 2: e433 (2007).

Srinivasan, R, M Mishra, M Murata-Hori and MK Balasubramanian: Filament Formation of the Escherichia coli Actin-Related Protein, MreB, in Fission Yeast. Current Biology 17: 266-272 (2007).

Rajagopalan, S, M Mishra and MK Balasubramanian: Schizosaccharomyces pombe homolog of Survivin, Bir1p, Exhibits a Novel Dynamic Behavior at the Spindle Mid-Zone. Genes to Cells 11: 815-827 (2006).

Wachtler, V, Y Huang, J Karagiannis and MK Balasubramanian: Cell cycle-dependent roles for the FCH-domain protein Cdc15p in formation of the actomyosin ring in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Molecular Biology of the Cell 17: 3254-3266 (2006).

Jin, QW, M Zhou, A Bimbo, MK Balasubramanian and D McCollum: A role for the septation initiation network in septum assembly revealed by genetic analysis of sid2-250 suppressors. Genetics 172: 2101-2112 (2006).


Wachtler, V, and MK Balasubramanian: Yeast Lipid Rafts? - An emerging view. Trends in Cell Biology 16:1-4 (2006).

Martín-Cuadrado, AB, JL Morrell, M Konomi, H An, C Petit, M Osumi, M Balasubramanian, KL Gould, F del Rey and CRV de Aldana: Role of Septins and the Exocyst Complex in the Function of Hydrolytic Enzymes Responsible for Fission Yeast Cell Separation. Molecular Biology of the Cell 16:4867-4881 (2005).

Ge, W, TG Chew, V Wachtler, SN Naqvi and MK Balasubramanian: The novel fission yeast protein, Pal1p interacts with Hip1-related Sla2p/End4p and is involved in cellular morphogenesis. Molecular Biology of the Cell 16:4124-4138 (2005).

Mishra, M, J Karagiannis, M Sevugan, P Singh and MK Balasubramanian: The 14-3-3 Protein Rad24p Modulates Function of the Cdc14p Family Phosphatase Clp1p/Flp1p in Fission Yeast. Current Biology 15:1376-1383 (2005).

Bimbó, A, J Liu, and MK Balasubramanian: Roles of Pdk1p, a Fission Yeast Protein Related to Phosphoinositide-dependent Protein Kinase, in the Regulation of Mitosis and Cytokinesis. Molecular Biology of the Cell 16:3162-3175 (2005).

Karagiannis, J, Bimbó A, S Rajagopalan, J Liu and MK Balasubramanian: The Nuclear Kinase Lsk1p Positively Regulates the Septation Initiation Network and Promotes the Successful Completion of Cytokinesis in Response to Perturbation of the Actomyosin Ring in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Molecular Biology of the Cell 16:358-371 (2005).

Balasubramanian, M. (2005). Q and A. Current Biology 15 (11):R1-R2.

Bimbó, A, Y Jia, SL Poh, RKM Karuturi, N den Elzen, X Peng, L Zheng, M O'Connell, ET Liu, MK Balasubramanian and J Liu: Systematic Deletion Analysis of Fission Yeast Protein Kinases. Eukaryotic Cell 4:799-813 (2005).

Mishra, M, VM D'souza, K Chang, Y Huang, and MK Balasubramanian: The Hsp90 Protein in Fission Yeast Swo1p and the UCS protein Rng3p Facilitate Myosin II Assembly and Function. Eukaryotic Cell 4:567-576 (2005).

Peng, X., K Murthy, LD Miller, K Lin, Y Jia, P Konda, L Wang.,L Wong, ET Liu, MK Balasubramanian and J Liu: Identification of Cell Cycle-regulated Genes in Fission Yeast. Molecular Biology of the Cell 16:1026-1042. 2005.

Balasubramanian, M.K., Bi, E., Glotzer, M. 2004. Comparative analysis of cytokinesis in budding yeast, fission yeast and animal cells. Current Biology 14:R806-R818.

Mishra, M., J. Karagiannis, S. Trautmann, H. Wang, D. McCollum and M.K. Balasubramanian. 2004. The Clp1p / Flp1p phosphatase ensures completion of cytokinesis in response to minor perturbation of the cell division apparatus. Journal of Cell Science 117:3897-3910.

Motegi F., M. Mishra, M.K. Balasubramanian and I. Mabuchi. 2004. Myosin-II reorganization during mitosis is controlled temporally by its dephosphorylation and spatially by Mid1 in fission yeast. The Journal of Cell Biology 165:685-695.

Rajagopalan, S., L. Zheng, J. Liu and M.K. Balasubramanian. 2004. The N-degron approach to create temperature-sensitive mutants in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Methods 33:206-212.

Morrell, J.L., G. C. Tomlin, S. Venkatram, S. Rajagopalan, A. S. Feoktistova, J. J. Tasto, S. Mehta, J. L. Jennings, A. Link, M. K. Balasubramanian, and K. L. Gould. 2004. Sid4p-Cdc11p assemble the septation initiation network and its regulators at the S. pombe SPB. Current Biology 14:579-584.

Wang, C.H., M. Walsh, M.K. Balasubramanian and T. Dokland. 2003. Expression, purification, crystallization  and preliminary crytstallographic analysis of the calponin-homology domain of Rng2. Acta Crystallographica Section D: BiologicalCrystallography 59:1809-1812.

Rajagopalan, S., V. Wachtler, and M.K. Balasubramanian M.K. 2003. Fission yeast cytokinesis: A story of rings, rafts, and walls. Trends in Genetics 19:403-408.

Balasubramanian, M.K. and D. McCollum. 2003. Regulation of Cytokinesis. In The Molecular Biology   of Schizosaccharomyces pombe: Genetics, Genomics and Beyond (ed. R. Egel). Springer-Verlag.

Wang, H., X. Tang and M.K. Balasubramanian. 2003. Rho3p regulates cell separation by modulating
exocyst function in fission yeast. Genetics 164:1323-1331.

Wachtler, V., S. Rajagopalan, and M.K. Balasubramanian. 2003. Sterol-rich plasma membrane domains in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Journal of Cell Science 116:867-74.

Wang, H., S. Oliferenko, and M.K. Balasubramanian. 2003. Cytokinesis: relative alignment of the cell division apparatus and the mitotic spindle. Current Opinion in Cell Biology 15:82-87.

Oliferenko, S. and M.K. Balasubramanian. 2002. Astral Microtubules monitor metaphase spindle orientation in fission yeast. Nature Cell Biology 4:816-820.

Wong, K., Naqvi, N.I., Motegi, F., D'Souza, V.M., Mabuchi, I., and Balasubramanian, M.K. 2002. Mitotic  inheritance of a myosin II progenitor in Fission Yeast. Current Biology 12:724-729.

Liu, J., Tang, X., Wang, H.Y., Oliferenko, S., and Balasubramanian, M.K. 2002. F-actin and SIN dependent organization and maintenance of plasma membrane microdomains containing Cps1p in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Molecular Biology of the Cell 13:989-1000.

Wang, H, Tang, X., Liu, J., Balasundaram, D., Trautmann, S., McCollum, D., and Balasubramanian, M.K. 2002. The multiprotein exocyst complex is essential for cell separation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe .Molecular Biology of the Cell 13:515-529.

Rajagopalan, S., and Balasubramanian, M.K. 2002. Schizosaccharomyces pombe Bir1p, a nuclear protein associated with kinetochores and the spindle mid-zone, is essential for chromosome condensation and spindle elongation. Genetics 160:445-456.

D'Souza, V.M., Naqvi, N.I., Wang, H.Y., Balasubramanian, M.K. 2001. The interaction of Cdc4p, a myosin light chain, with IQ domain-containing proteins in fission yeast. Cell Structure and Function 26:583-593.

Naqvi, N.I., Wong, K.C.Y., Tang, X., and  M.K. Balasubramanian. 2000. Type II Myosin Regulatory Light Chain Relieves Auto-inhibition of Myosin Heavy Chain Function. Nature Cell Biology 2:855-858.

Liu, J., Wang, H., and M.K. Balasubramanian. 2000. A checkpoint that monitors cytokinesis in S. pombe. Journal of Cell Science 113:1223-1230.

Wong, K., Naqvi., N.I., Iino, Y., Yamamoto, M., and M.K. Balasubramanian. 2000. Fission yeast Rng3p: an UCS-domain protein that mediates myosin II assembly during cytokinesis. Journal of Cell Science 113:2421-2432.

Naqvi, N. I., K. Eng, K. L. Gould, and  M. K. Balasubramanian. 1999. Evidence for F-actin-dependent and -independent mechanisms involved in assembly and stability of the medial actomyosin ring in fission yeast. EMBO Journal 18:854-62.

Liu, J., H. Wang, D. McCollum, and M. K. Balasubramanian. 1999. Drc1p/Cps1p, a 1,3-b-glucan synthase  subunit, is essential for division septum assembly in S. pombe. Genetics 153:1193-1203.

Eng, K., N. I. Naqvi, K. C. Wong, and  M. K. Balasubramanian. 1998. Rng2p, a protein required for cytokinesis in fission yeast, is a component of the actomyosin ring and the spindle pole body. Current Biology 8:611-21.