Guowei Fang

Publication List Details

Period

1992 - 2001

Number

29

Co-Authors

Checkpoint Protein BubR1 Acts Synergistically with Mad2 to Inhibit Anaphase-promoting Complex

Fang, Guowei

The spindle assembly checkpoint monitors the attachment of kinetochores to the mitotic spindle and the tension exerted on kinetochores by microtubules and delays the onset of anaphase until all the...

The checkpoint protein MAD2 and the mitotic regulator CDC20 form a ternary complex with the anaphase-promoting complex to control anaphase initiation

Fang, Guowei, Yu, Hongtao, Kirschner, Marc W.

The spindle assembly checkpoint mechanism delays anaphase initiation until all chromosomes are aligned at the metaphase plate. Activation of the anaphase-promoting complex (APC) by binding of CDC20...

MgcRacGAP controls the assembly of the contractile ring and the initiation of cytokinesis

Zhao, Wei-meng, Fang, Guowei

Initiation of cytokinesis requires the establishment of the cleavage plane, the assembly of the contractile ring, and the ingression of the cleavage furrow. MgcRacGAP, a GTPase-activating protein for...

Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome Controls the Stability of TPX2 during Mitotic Exit

Stewart, Scott, Fang, Guowei

TPX2, a microtubule-associated protein, is required downstream of Ran-GTP to induce spindle assembly. TPX2 activity appears to be tightly regulated during the cell cycle, and we report here one...

MAD2B is an inhibitor of the anaphase-promoting complex

Chen, James, Fang, Guowei

Anaphase-promoting complex (APC), a ubiquitin ligase, controls both sister chromatid separation and mitotic exit. The APC is activated in mitosis and G1 by CDC20 and CDH1, and inhibited by the...

Cep55, a Microtubule-bundling Protein, Associates with Centralspindlin to Control the Midbody Integrity and Cell Abscission during Cytokinesis

Zhao, Wei-meng, Seki, Akiko, Fang, Guowei

We report here an efficient functional genomic analysis by combining information on the gene expression profiling, cellular localization, and loss-of-function studies. Through this analysis, we...

Loading of the 3F3/2 Antigen onto Kinetochores Is Dependent on the Ordered Assembly of the Spindle Checkpoint Proteins

Wong, Oi Kwan, Fang, Guowei

Accurate chromosome segregation is controlled by the spindle checkpoint, which responds to the lack of microtubule–kinetochore attachment or of tension across sister kinetochores through...

Checkpoint Protein BubR1 Acts Synergistically with Mad2 to Inhibit Anaphase-promoting Complex

Fang, Guowei

The spindle assembly checkpoint monitors the attachment of kinetochores to the mitotic spindle and the tension exerted on kinetochores by microtubules and delays the onset of anaphase until all the...

MAD2B is an inhibitor of the anaphase-promoting complex

Chen, James, Fang, Guowei

Anaphase-promoting complex (APC), a ubiquitin ligase, controls both sister chromatid separation and mitotic exit. The APC is activated in mitosis and G1 by CDC20 and CDH1, and inhibited by the...

The checkpoint protein MAD2 and the mitotic regulator CDC20 form a ternary complex with the anaphase-promoting complex to control anaphase initiation

Fang, Guowei, Yu, Hongtao, Kirschner, Marc W.

The spindle assembly checkpoint mechanism delays anaphase initiation until all chromosomes are aligned at the metaphase plate. Activation of the anaphase-promoting complex (APC) by binding of CDC20...

MgcRacGAP controls the assembly of the contractile ring and the initiation of cytokinesis

Zhao, Wei-meng, Fang, Guowei

Initiation of cytokinesis requires the establishment of the cleavage plane, the assembly of the contractile ring, and the ingression of the cleavage furrow. MgcRacGAP, a GTPase-activating protein for...

Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome Controls the Stability of TPX2 during Mitotic Exit

Stewart, Scott, Fang, Guowei

TPX2, a microtubule-associated protein, is required downstream of Ran-GTP to induce spindle assembly. TPX2 activity appears to be tightly regulated during the cell cycle, and we report here one...

Cep55, a Microtubule-bundling Protein, Associates with Centralspindlin to Control the Midbody Integrity and Cell Abscission during Cytokinesis

Zhao, Wei-meng, Seki, Akiko, Fang, Guowei

We report here an efficient functional genomic analysis by combining information on the gene expression profiling, cellular localization, and loss-of-function studies. Through this analysis, we...

Loading of the 3F3/2 Antigen onto Kinetochores Is Dependent on the Ordered Assembly of the Spindle Checkpoint Proteins

Wong, Oi Kwan, Fang, Guowei

Accurate chromosome segregation is controlled by the spindle checkpoint, which responds to the lack of microtubule–kinetochore attachment or of tension across sister kinetochores through...

HURP controls spindle dynamics to promote proper interkinetochore tension and efficient kinetochore capture

Wong, Jim, Fang, Guowei

Through a functional genomic screen for mitotic regulators, we identified hepatoma up-regulated protein (HURP) as a protein that is required for chromosome congression and alignment. In HURP-depleted...

Plx1 is the 3F3/2 kinase responsible for targeting spindle checkpoint proteins to kinetochores

Wong, Oi Kwan, Fang, Guowei

Dynamic attachment of microtubules to kinetochores during mitosis generates pulling force, or tension, required for the high fidelity of chromosome separation. A lack of tension activates the spindle...

The checkpoint protein Chfr is a ligase that ubiquitinates Plk1 and inhibits Cdc2 at the G2 to M transition

Kang, Dongmin, Chen, James, Wong, Jim, Fang, Guowei

The checkpoint protein Chfr delays entry into mitosis, in the presence of mitotic stress (Scolnick, D.M., and T.D. Halazonetis. 2000. Nature. 406:430–435). We show here that Chfr is a ubiquitin...

Cdk1 phosphorylation of BubR1 controls spindle checkpoint arrest and Plk1-mediated formation of the 3F3/2 epitope

Wong, Oi Kwan, Fang, Guowei

Accurate chromosome segregation is controlled by the spindle checkpoint, which senses kinetochore– microtubule attachments and tension across sister kinetochores. An important step in the...

Aurora A Regulates the Activity of HURP by Controlling the Accessibility of Its Microtubule-binding Domain

Wong, Jim, Lerrigo, Robert, Jang, Chang-Young, Fang, Guowei

HURP is a spindle-associated protein that mediates Ran-GTP-dependent assembly of the bipolar spindle and promotes chromosome congression and interkinetochore tension during mitosis. We report here a...

Plk1- and β-TrCP–dependent degradation of Bora controls mitotic progression

Seki, Akiko, Coppinger, Judith A., Du, Haining, Jang, Chang-Young, Yates, John R., Fang, Guowei

Through a convergence of functional genomic and proteomic studies, we identify Bora as a previously unknown cell cycle protein that interacts with the Plk1 kinase and the SCF–β-TrCP ubiquitin...

DDA3 recruits microtubule depolymerase Kif2a to spindle poles and controls spindle dynamics and mitotic chromosome movement

Jang, Chang-Young, Wong, Jim, Coppinger, Judith A., Seki, Akiko, Yates, John R., Fang, Guowei

Dynamic turnover of the spindle is a driving force for chromosome congression and segregation in mitosis. Through a functional genomic analysis, we identify DDA3 as a previously unknown regulator of...

RCS1, a substrate of APC/C, controls the metaphase to anaphase transition

Zhao, Wei-meng, Coppinger, Judith A., Seki, Akiko, Cheng, Xiao-li, Yates, John R., Fang, Guowei

The anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) controls the onset of anaphase by targeting securin for destruction. We report here the identification and characterization of a substrate of APC/C,...

FAM29A promotes microtubule amplification via recruitment of the NEDD1–γ-tubulin complex to the mitotic spindle

Zhu, Hui, Coppinger, Judith A., Jang, Chang-Young, Yates, John R., Fang, Guowei

Microtubules (MTs) are nucleated from centrosomes and chromatin. In addition, MTs can be generated from preexiting MTs in a γ-tubulin–dependent manner in yeast, plant, and Drosophila cells,...

Microtubule amplification in the assembly of mitotic spindle and the maturation of kinetochore fibers

Zhu, Hui, Fang, Kayleen, Fang, Guowei

Efficient assembly of a mitotic spindle and stable attachment of microtubules (k-fibers) to kinetochores are essential for the high fidelity of chromosome segregation. Both spindle assembly and...