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Genetics of Organelle Biogenesis Section

of the Laboratory of Biochemistry & Genetics

Kevin O'Connell.
Studying the assembly of centrosomes and centrioles.
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C. elegans SSNA-1 is required for the structural integrity of centrioles and bipolar spindle assembly.
Pfister JA, Agostini L, Bournonville L, Perrier A, Sankaralingam P, Bell ZG, Hamel V, Guichard P, Biertümpfel C, Mizuno N, O'Connell KF.
Nat Commun (2025 Jun 5) 16:5220. Abstract/Full Text
Structural insights into SSNA1 self-assembly and its microtubule binding for centriole maintenance.
Agostini L, Pfister JA, Basnet N, Ding J, Zhang R, Biertümpfel C, O'Connell KF, Mizuno N.
Nat Commun (2025 Aug 13) 16:7512. Abstract/Full Text
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