Research Articles

• Buttery SM, Yoshida S, Pellman D.Yeast formins Bni1 and Bnr1 utilize different modes of cortical interaction during the assembly of actin cables.Mol Biol Cell. 2007 May;18(5):1826-38
• Storchova Z, Breneman A, Cande J, Dunn J, Burbank K, O'Toole E, Pellman D. Genome-wide genetic analysis of polyploidy in yeast. Nature. 2006 Oct 5;443(7111):541-7
• Yoshida S, Kono K, Lowery DM, Bartolini S, Yaffe MB, Ohya Y & Pellman D.Polo-Like Kinase Cdc5 Controls the Local Activation of Rho1 to Promote Cytokinesis.Science (2006), 312 (5782) 108-111
• Gupta ML Jr, Carvalho P, Roof DM, Pellman D. Plus end-specific depolymerase activity of Kip3, a kinesin-8 protein, explains its role in positioning the yeast mitotic spindle. Nat Cell Biol. 2006 Sep;8(9):913-23.
• Talarek N, Maillet L, Cullin C, Aigle M. The [URE3] prion is not conserved among Saccharomyces species. Genetics. 2005 Sep; 171(1): 23-34
• Fujiwara T, Bandi M, Nitta M, Ivanova EV, Bronson RT & Pellman D. Cytokinesis failure, generating aneuploidy, promotes tumorigenesis in p53-null cells. Nature 2005; 437(7061):1043–7
• Andalis A, Storchova Z, Galitski T, Styles C, Pellman D, and Fink G. Polyploidy in Saccharomyces cerevisiae leads to stationary phase death. Genetics 2004; 167(3):1109–21
• Mosley JB, Sagot I, Manning AL, Xu Y, Eck MJ, Pellman D, and Goode BL. A conserved mechanism for Bni1- and mDia-induced actin assembly and dual regulation of Bni1 by Bud6 and profilin. Epub 2003, Mol Biol Cell 2004; 15:896–907
• Carvalho P, Gupta M, Pellman D. Cell Cycle Control of Kinesin–Mediated Transport of Bik1 (CLIP-170) Regulates Microtubule Stability and Dynein Activation. Dev Cell 2004; 6:815–29
• Xu Y, Sagot I, Moseley JB, Poy F, Goode BL, Pellman D, and Eck MJ. Crystal Structures of a Formin Homology-2 Domain Reveal a Tethered Dimer Architecture. Cell 2004; 116:1–20
• Molk JN, Schuyler SC, Liu JY, Evans JG, Salmon ED, Pellman D, and Bloom K. The differential roles of budding yeast Tem1p, Cdc15p, and Bub2p protein dynamics in mitotic exit. Mol Biol Cell 2004; 15:1519–32
• Chestukin A, Pfeffer C, Milligan S, DeCaprio JA, Pellman D. Processing, localization, and requirement of human separase for normal anaphase progression. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2003; 100:4574–9
• Sheeman B, Carvalho P, Sagot I, Geiser J, Kho D, Hoyt MA, Pellman D. Determinants of S. cerevisiae dynein microtubule plus end localization and activation: implications for the mechanism of spindle positioning. Curr Biol 2003; 13:364–72
• Schuyler SC, Liu JY, Pellman D. The molecular function of Ase1p: evidence for a MAP-dependent midizone-specific spindle matrix. J Cell Biol 2003; 160:517–28.
• Sagot I, Rodal A, Goode B, Pellman D. An actin nucleation mechanism mediated by the formin Bni1 and profilin. Nature Cell Biol 2002; 8:626–31
• Sagot I, Klee SK, Pellman D. Yeast formins regulate cell polarity by controlling the assembly of actin cables. Nature Cell Biol 2002; 4:42–50
• Lin H, de Carvalho P, Kho D, Tai CY, Pierre P, Fink GR, Pellman D. Polyploids Require Bik1p for Kinetochore-Microtubule Attachment. J Cell Biol 2001; 155:1173–1184
• Lechler T, Jonsdottir G, Klee SK, Pellman D, Li R: A two-tiered mechanism by which Cdc42 controls the localization and activation of an Arp2/3-activating complex in yeast. J Cell Biol 2001; 155:261–70
• Huang J, Park I, Ellingson E, Littlepage LE, Pellman D. Activity of the APCCdh1 Form of the Anaphase Promoting Complex Persists Throughout G1 and Prevents the Premature Expression of Cdc20p. J Cell Biol 2001; 154:85–94
• Jónsson ZO, SK, Narlikar GJ, Auty R, Wagle N, Pellman D, Pratt RE, Kingston R, Dutta A. Rvb1p and Rvb2p are essential components of a chromatin remodeling complex that regulates transcription of over 5% of yeast genes. J Biol Chem 2000; 276:16279–16288
• Lee L, Tirnauer JS, Li J, Schuyler SC, Pellman D. Positioning of the mitotic spindle by a cortical-microtubule capture mechanism. Science 2000; 287:2260–2262
• Tirnauer J, Berrueta L, Bierer B, Pellman D. Cell cycle-specific regulation of microtubule dynamics by the cytokinesis checkpoint protein, Bim1p. J Cell Biol 1999; 145:993–1007
• Berrueta L, Tirnauer JS, Schuyler SC, Pellman D, Bierer BE. The APC-associated protein EB1 associates with dynactin members and cytoplasmic dynein intermediate chain. Curr Biol 1999; 9:425–428
• Lee L, Klee S, Evangelista M, Boone C, Pellman D. Control of mitotic spindle position by the yeast formin, Bni1p. J Cell Biol 1999; 144:947–961
• Berrueta L, Kraeft SK, Tirnauer JS, Schuyler SC, Chen LB, Hill DE, Pellman D, Bierer BE. The APC-Binding Protein Eb1 is associated with cytoplasmic and spindle microtubules. Proc Natl Acad Sci 1998; 95:10596–601
• DeZwaan TM, Ellingson E, Pellman D, Roof DM. Kinesin-related KIP3 of Saccaromyces cerevisiae is required for a distinct step in nuclear migration. J Cell Biol 1997;138:1023–1040
• Juang YL, Huang J, Peters JM, McLaughlin ME, Tai CY, Pellman D. APC-mediated proteolysis of Ase1 and the morphogenesis of the mitotic spindle. Science 1997; 75:1311–1314
• Loeb JL, Schlenstedt G, Pellman D, Kornitzer D, Silver PA, and Fink GR. A nuclear import receptor homologue required for mitosis in yeast. Proc Natl Acad Sci 1995;9 2:7647–7651
• Pellman D, Baggett M, and Fink GR. Two microtubule-associated proteins required or anaphase spindle movement in Saccharomyces cerrevisiae. J Cell Biol 1995; 130:1373–1385
• Pellman D, McLaughlin ME, and Fink GR. TATA-dependent and TATA-independent transcription at the HIS4 gene of yeast. Nature 1990; 348:82–85
• Stoeckle MY, Sugano S, Hampe A, Vashistha A, Pellman D, Hanafusa H. 78-Kilodalton glucose-regulated protein is induced in Rous Sarcoma Virus-transformed cells independently of glucose deprivation. Mol Cell Biol 1988; 8:2675–2680
• Pellman D, Garber EA, Cross FR, Hanafusa H. An N-terminal peptide from p60src can direct myristylation and plasma membrane localization when fused to heterologous proteins. Nature 1985; 314:374–377
• Pellman D, Garber EA, Cross FR, Hanafusa H. Fine structural mapping of a critical NH2-terminal region of p60src. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1985; 82:1623–1627
• Cross FR, Garber EA, Pellman D, Hanafusa H. A short sequence in the p60src N-terminus is required for p60src myristylation and membrane association and for cell transformation. Mol Cell Biol 1984; 4:1834–1842

Review Articles

• Bach S, Tribouillard D, Talarek N, Desban N, Gug F, Galons H, Blondel M. A yeast-based assay to isolate drugs active against mammalian prions. Methods. 2006 May; 39(1):72-7
• Yoshida S, Guillet M, Pellman D. MEN signaling: daughter bound pole must escape her mother to be fully active. Dev Cell. 2005, Aug; 9(2)168–170
• Carvalho P, and Pellman D. Mitotic spindle: laser microsurgery in yeast cells. Curr biol. 2004, Sep; 14(18): R748–50
• Sagot I, and Pellman D. The mechanism and regulation of formin-dependent actin assembly. Trends in Cell Ciol., Invited review, in preparation.
• Storchova Z, Pellman D. Polyploidy and aneuploidy: implications for genome stability and cancer. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2004, Jan; 5(1):45–54
• Carvalho P, Pellman D. Surfing on microtubule ends. Trends Cell Biol 2003; 13:229–237
• Schuyler S, Pellman D. Analysis of the Size and Shape of Protein Complexes from Yeast. Methods Enzymol 2002; 351:150–168
• Yarm F, Sagot I, Pellman D. The social life of actin and microtubules: interaction versus cooperation. Curr Opin Microbiol 2001; 4:696–702
• Christman MF, Pellman D. Separase anxiety: dissolving the sister bond and more. Nat Cell Biol 2001; 9:207–9
• Schuyler S, Pellman D. Microtubule plus end tracking proteins: the end is just the beginning. Cell 2001; 105:421–4
• Pellman D. Twenty ways of looking at a centrosome. Cell 2001;105:309–310
• Pellman D. Genome Stability and Cancer; CINtillating New Role for the APC Tumor Suppressor. Science 2001; 291:2555–2556
• Schuyler S, Pellman D. Search Capture and Signal: Games the Microtubules and Centrosomes Play. J Cell Sci 2000; 114:247–255
• D'Andrea A, Pellman D. Deubiquitinating enzymes: a new class of biological regulators. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Bio 1998; 33:337–352
• Iba H, Takeya T, Cross FR, Garber EA, Hanafusa T., Pellman D, Hanafusa H. "Differences in the biological function of viral and cellular src genes." In: Mark P, editor. Genetics, Cell Differentiation and Cancer. Vol. 7. Orland o: Academic Press, Inc; 1985