PUBLICATIONS

Malla, M., Sinha, D., Chowdhury, P., Bisesi, B.T. and Chen, Q., 2023. The cytoplasmic tail of the putative polycystin channel Pkd2 regulates its clustering in the fission yeast eisosomes. Journal of Cell Science 
 
Poddar, A., Hsu, Y.Y., Zhang, F., Muller, C.T., Malla, M., Liu, A., and Chen, Q., 2022. Membrane stretching activates the calcium-permeability of a putative channel Pkd2 during fission yeast cytokinesis. Molecular Biology of the Cell

Sinha, D., Ivan, D., Gibbs, E., Chetluru, M., Goss, J., and Chen, Q. 2022. Fission yeast polycystin Pkd2p promotes transition to cell growth during cytokinesis. Journal of Cell Science

​Malla, M., Pollard, T.D. and Chen, Q., 2021. Counting actin in contractile rings reveals novel contributions of cofilin and type II myosins to fission yeast cytokinesis. Molecular Biology of the Cell

Moro, S., Moscoso-Romero, E., Poddar, A., Mulet, J.J., Perez, P., Chen, Q. and Valdivieso, M., 2021. Exomer is part of a hub where polarized secretion and ionic stress connect. Frontiers in Microbiology

​Poddar, A., Sidibe, O., Ray, A. and Chen, Q., 2020. Calcium spikes accompany the cleavage furrow ingression and cell separation during fission yeast cytokinesis. Molecular Biology of the Cell

Chen, Q., 2019. Cutting actin with light. Nature Chemical Biology

Morris, Z., Sinha, D., Poddar, A., Morris, B., and Chen, Q., 2019. Fission yeast TRP channel Pkd2p localizes to the cleavage furrow and regulates cell separation during cytokinesis. Molecular biology of the cell

Courtemanche, N., Pollard, T.D. and Chen, Q., 2016. Avoiding artifacts when counting polymerized actin in live cells with LifeAct fused to fluorescent proteins. Nature cell biology

Chen, Q., Courtemanche, N. and Pollard, T.D., 2015. Aip1 promotes actin filament severing by cofilin and regulates the constriction of the cytokinetic contractile ring. Journal of Biological Chemistry

Chen, Q., and Pollard, T.D., 2013. Actin filament severing by cofilin dismantles actin patches and produces mother filaments for new patches. Current Biology
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Chen, Q., Nag, S. and Pollard, T.D., 2012. Formins filter modified actin subunits during processive elongation. Journal of structural biology

Chen, Q., and Pollard, T.D., 2011. Actin filament severing by cofilin is more important for assembly than constriction of the cytokinetic contractile ring. Journal of Cell Biology
YouTube Biosights: "Cofilin severs the ties between cytokinetic nodes”

Li, H., Chen, Q., Kaller, M., Nellen, W., Gräf, R. and De Lozanne, A., 2008. Dictyostelium Aurora kinase has properties of both Aurora A and Aurora B kinases. Eukaryotic cell

Chen, Q., Lakshmikanth, G.S., Spudich, J.A. and De Lozanne, A., 2007. The localization of the inner centromeric protein (INCENP) at the cleavage furrow is dependent on Kif12 and involves interactions of the N terminus of INCENP with the actin cytoskeleton. Molecular biology of the cell

Chen, Q., Li, H. and De Lozanne, A., 2006. Contractile ring-independent localization of DdINCENP, a protein important for spindle stability and cytokinesis. Molecular biology of the cell