Journal Article

Sugawa, Mitsuhiro, Maruyama, Yohei, Yamagishi, Masahiko, Cross, Robert A. and Yajima, Junichiro (2022) Motor generated torque drives coupled yawing and orbital rotations of kinesin coated gold nanorods. Communications Biology, 5 (1). 1368. doi:10.1038/s42003-022-04304-w ISSN 2399-3642.

Toleikis, Algirdas, Carter, Nicholas J. and Cross, Robert A. (2020) Backstepping mechanism of kinesin-1. Biophysical Journal, 119 (10). pp. 1984-1994. doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2020.09.034 ISSN 0006-3495.

Chew, Yean Ming and Cross, Robert A. (2020) Molecular motors : Kif14’s disordered dongle. Current Biology, 30 (17). R988-R991. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.095 ISSN 0960-9822.

von Loeffelholz, Ottilie, Peña, Alejandro, Drummond, Douglas R., Cross, R. A. and Moores, Carolyn Ann (2019) Cryo-EM structure (4.5-Å) of yeast Kinesin-5–microtubule complex reveals a distinct binding footprint and mechanism of drug resistance. Journal of Molecular Biology, 431 (4). pp. 864-872. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2019.01.011 ISSN 0022-2836.

Cross, Robert A. (2019) Microtubule lattice plasticity. Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 56 . pp. 88-93. doi:10.1016/j.ceb.2018.10.004 ISSN 09550674.

Meadows, John C., Messin, Liam J., Kamnev, Anton, Lancaster, Theresa C., Balasubramanian, Mohan K., Cross, Robert A. and Millar, Jonathan BA (2018) Opposing kinesin complexes queue at plus tips to ensure microtubule catastrophe at cell ends. EMBO reports, 19 (11). e46196. doi:10.15252/embr.201846196 ISSN 1469-221X.

McHugh, Toni, Drechsler, Hauke, McAinsh, Andrew D., Carter, Nicholas J. and Cross, R. A. (2018) Kif15 functions as an active mechanical ratchet. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 29 (4). pp. 1743-1752. doi:10.1091/mbc.E18-03-0151 ISSN 1059-1524.

Peet, Daniel R., Burroughs, Nigel John and Cross, R. A. (2018) Kinesin expands and stabilizes the GDP-microtubule lattice. Nature Nanotechnology, 13 (5). pp. 386-391. doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0084-4 ISSN 1748-3395.

von Loeffelholz, Ottilie, Venables, Neil A., Drummond, Douglas R., Katsuki, Miho, Cross, R. A. and Moores, Carolyn A. (2017) Nucleotide– and Mal3-dependent changes in fission yeast microtubules suggest a structural plasticity view of dynamics. Nature Communications, 8 (1). 2110. doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02241-5 ISSN 2041-1723.

Britto, Mishan, Goulet, Adeline, Rizvi, Syeda, von Loeffelholz, Ottilie, Moores, Carolyn A. and Cross, R. A. (2016) Schizosaccharomyces pombe kinesin-5 switches direction using a steric blocking mechanism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113 (47). E7483-E7489. doi:10.1073/pnas.1611581113 ISSN 0027-8424.

Huang, Junqi, Chew, Ting Gang, Gu, Ying, Palani, Saravanan, Kamnev, Anton, Martin, Douglas S., Carter, Nicholas J., Cross, R. A., Oliferenko, Snezhana and Balasubramanian, Mohan K. (2016) Curvature-induced expulsion of actomyosin bundles during cytokinetic ring contraction. eLife, 5 . e21383. doi:10.7554/eLife.21383 ISSN 2050-084X.

Cross, R. A. (2016) Mechanochemistry of the kinesin-1 ATPase. Biopolymers, 105 (8). pp. 476-482. doi:10.1002/bip.22862 ISSN 1097-0282.

Andrecka, Joanna, Ortega Arroyo, Jaime, Lewis, Katie, Cross, R. A. and Kukura, Philipp (2016) Label-free imaging of microtubules with sub-nm precision using interferometric scattering microscopy. Biophysical Journal, 110 (1). pp. 214-217. doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2015.10.055 ISSN 0006-3495.

Hussmann, Frauke, Drummond, Douglas R., Peet, Daniel R., Martin, Douglas S. and Cross, R. A. (2015) Alp7/TACC-Alp14/TOG generates long-lived, fast-growing MTs by an unconventional mechanism. Scientific Reports, 6 . 20653. doi:10.1038/srep20653 ISSN 2045-2322.

Wollman, Adam J. M., Sanchez-Cano, Carlos, Carstairs, Helen M. J., Cross, R. A. and Turberfield, Andrew J. (2014) Transport and self-organization across different length scales powered by motor proteins and programmed by DNA. Nature Nanotechnology, Volume 9 (Number 1). pp. 44-47. doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.230 ISSN 1748-3387.

Cross, R. A. and McAinsh, Andrew D. (2014) Prime movers : mechanochemistry of mitotic kinesins. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Volume 15 . pp. 257-271. doi:10.1038/nrm3768 ISSN 1471-0072.

Katsuki, Miho, Drummond, Douglas R. and Cross, R. A. (2014) Ectopic A-lattice seams destabilize microtubules. Nature Communications, Volume 5 . Article number 3094. doi:10.1038/ncomms4094 ISSN 2041-1723.

Klejnot, Marta, Falnikar, Aditi, Ulaganathan, Venkatasubramanian, Cross, R. A., Baas, Peter W. and Kozielski, Frank (2014) The crystal structure and biochemical characterization of Kif15: a bifunctional molecular motor involved in bipolar spindle formation and neuronal development. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, Volume 70 (Number 1). pp. 123-133. doi:10.1107/S1399004713028721 ISSN 1399-0047.

Erent, Muriel, Drummond, Douglas R. and Cross, R. A. (2012) S. pombe kinesins-8 promote both nucleation and catastrophe of microtubules. PLoS One, Vol.7 (No.2). e30738. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030738 ISSN 1932-6203.

Kaseda, Kuniyoshi, McAinsh, Andrew D. and Cross, R. A. (2012) Dual pathway spindle assembly increases both the speed and the fidelity of mitosis. Biology Open, Vol.1 (No.1). pp. 12-18. doi:10.1242/bio.2011012 ISSN 2046-6390.

Carter, Nicholas J. and Cross, R. A. (2012) Kinesin backsteps. Biochemical Society Transactions, Vol.40 (No.2). pp. 400-403. doi:10.1042/BST20120008 ISSN 0300-5127.

Cross, R. A., McAinsh, Andrew D. and Straube, Anne (2011) Mechanochemical cell biology. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, Vol.22 (No.9). pp. 913-915. doi:10.1016/j.semcdb.2011.10.002 ISSN 1084-9521.

Grant, Barry J., Gheorghe, Dana M., Zheng, Wenjun, Alonso, M. (Maria), Huber, Gary, Dlugosz, Maciej, McCammon, J. Andrew and Cross, R. A. (2011) Electrostatically biased binding of kinesin to microtubules. PLoS Biology, Vol.9 (No.11). e1001207. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001207 ISSN 1545-7885.

Katsuki, Miho, Muto, Etsuko and Cross, R. A. (2011) Preparation of dual-color polarity-marked fluorescent microtubule seeds. Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.), Vol.777 . pp. 117-126. doi:10.1007/978-1-61779-252-6_9 ISSN 1064-3745.

Drummond, Douglas R., Kain, Susan, Newcombe, Anthony, Hoey, Christina, Katsuki, Miho and Cross, R. A. (2011) Purification of tubulin from the fission yeast schizosaccharomyces pombe. Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.), Vol.777 . pp. 29-55. doi:10.1007/978-1-61779-252-6_3 ISSN 1064-3745.

Cross, R. A. (2010) Kinesin-14 : the roots of reversal. BMC Biology, Vol.8 (No.107). doi:10.1186/1741-7007-8-107 ISSN 1741-7007.

Katsuki, Miho, Drummond, D. R., Osei, M. and Cross, R. A. (2009) Mal3 masks catastrophe events in schizosaccharomyces pombe microtubules by inhibiting shrinkage and promoting rescue. Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol.284 (No.43). pp. 29246-29250. doi:10.1074/jbc.C109.052159 ISSN 0021-9258.

des Georges, Amédée, Katsuki, Miho, Drummond, Douglas R., Osei, Michael, Cross, R. A. and Amos, L. A. (2008) Mal3, the Schizosaccharomyces pombe homolog of EB1, changes the microtubule lattice. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, Vol.15 (No.10). pp. 1102-1108. doi:10.1038/nsmb.1482 ISSN 1545-9993.

Kaseda, Kuniyoshi, Crevel, Isabelle, Hirose, Keiko and Cross, R. A. (2008) Single-headed mode of kinesin-5. EMBO reports, Vol.9 (No.8). pp. 761-765. doi:10.1038/embor.2008.96 ISSN 1469-221X.

Dunn, S., Morrison, E. E., Liverpool, T. B., Molina-Paris , Carmen, Cross, R. A., Alonso, M. (Maria) and Peckham, M. (2008) Differential trafficking of Kif5c on tyrosinated and detyrosinated microtubules in live cells. Journal of Cell Science, Vol.121 (No.7). pp. 1085-1095. doi:10.1242/jcs.026492 ISSN 0021-9533.

Book Item

Cross, R. A. (2015) Mechanisms of action of Eg5 inhibitors. In: Kozielski, Frank, (ed.) Kinesins and Cancer. Springer, pp. 53-62. ISBN 9789401797313

Journal Item

Braun, Marcus, Drummond, Douglas R., Cross, R. A. and McAinsh, Andrew D. (2009) The kinesin-14 Klp2 organizes microtubules into parallel bundles by an ATP-dependent sorting mechanism. Nature Cell Biology, Vol.11 (No.6). pp. 724-730. doi:10.1038/ncb1878

Report

Siddiqui, Nida, Roth, Daniel, Toleikis, Algirdas, Zwetsloot, Alexander J., Cross, Robert A. and Straube, Anne (2022) Force generation of KIF1C is impaired by pathogenic mutations. Cell Press.

Book Review

Cross, R. A. (2008) Single molecule for the people. Nature Cell Biology, Vol.10 (No.9). p. 1014. ISSN 1465-7392