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Andrea Musacchio

Andrea Musacchio

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
93
Citations
31573
World Ranking
2106
National Ranking
149

Overview

Andrea Musacchio is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and works primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans various subfields, including Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Plant Science, Oncology, and Genetics.

The scientist's research focuses on a range of topics within molecular and cellular biology. These include:

  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • RNA Research and Splicing

Andrea Musacchio has contributed to publications in a number of research venues. The most frequent publication venues associated with their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Molecular Cell
  • The EMBO Journal
  • Science Advances

Among the recent papers co-authored or authored in part by Andrea Musacchio are:

  • "Human Condensin I and II Drive Extensive ATP-Dependent Compaction of Nucleosome-Bound DNA," 2020, Molecular Cell
  • "On the role of phase separation in the biogenesis of membraneless compartments," 2022, The EMBO Journal
  • "BUB1 and CENP-U, Primed by CDK1, Are the Main PLK1 Kinetochore Receptors in Mitosis," 2020, Molecular Cell
  • "Structure of the human inner kinetochore CCAN complex and its significance for human centromere organization," 2022, Molecular Cell
  • "CDC20 assists its catalytic incorporation in the mitotic checkpoint complex," 2020, Science

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Andrea Musacchio's research activities. Frequently cited co-authors include:

  • Ingrid R. Vetter
  • Marion E. Pesenti
  • Verena Cmentowski
  • Pim J. Huis in 't Veld
  • Sabine Wohlgemuth

Best Publications

  • The spindle-assembly checkpoint in space and time.

    Andrea Musacchio;Edward D. Salmon

  • GSK-3-Selective Inhibitors Derived from Tyrian Purple Indirubins

    Laurent Meijer;Alexios-Leandros Skaltsounis;Prokopios Magiatis;Panagiotis Polychronopoulos

  • Kinetochore microtubule dynamics and attachment stability are regulated by Hec1.

    Jennifer G. DeLuca;Walter E. Gall;Claudio Ciferri;Daniela Cimini

  • The Molecular Biology of Spindle Assembly Checkpoint Signaling Dynamics.

    Andrea Musacchio

  • Selection of antibody ligands from a large library of oligopeptides expressed on a multivalent exposition vector

    Franco Felici;Luisa Castagnoli;Andrea Musacchio;Roberto Jappelli

  • The PH domain: a common piece in the structural pathcwork of signalling proteins

    Andrea Musacchio;Toby Gibson;Peter Rice;Julie Thompson

  • The spindle checkpoint: structural insights into dynamic signalling

    Andrea Musacchio;Kevin G. Hardwick

  • Implications for Kinetochore-Microtubule Attachment from the Structure of an Engineered Ndc80 Complex

    Claudio Ciferri;Sebastiano Pasqualato;Emanuela Screpanti;Gianluca Varetti

  • Crystal structure of a Src-homology 3 (SH3) domain.

    Andrea Musacchio;Martin Noble;Richard Pauptit;Rik Wierenga

  • The life and miracles of kinetochores

    Stefano Santaguida;Andrea Musacchio

  • Dissecting the role of MPS1 in chromosome biorientation and the spindle checkpoint through the small molecule inhibitor reversine

    Stefano Santaguida;Anthony Tighe;Anna Morena D'Alise;Stephen S. Taylor

  • The Mad1/Mad2 Complex as a Template for Mad2 Activation in the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint

    Anna De Antoni;Chad G. Pearson;Daniela Cimini;Julie C. Canman

  • A Molecular View of Kinetochore Assembly and Function.

    Andrea Musacchio;Arshad Desai

  • Structural basis for the synthesis of indirubins as potent and selective inhibitors of glycogen synthase kinase-3 and cyclin-dependent kinases.

    Panagiotis Polychronopoulos;Prokopios Magiatis;Alexios-Leandros Skaltsounis;Vassilios Myrianthopoulos

  • Mechanism of Aurora B Activation by Incenp and Inhibition by Hesperadin

    Fabio Sessa;Marina Mapelli;Claudio Ciferri;Cataldo Tarricone

  • PH domain: the first anniversary.

    Toby J. Gibson;Marko Hyvönen;Andrea Musacchio;Matti Saraste

  • HIGH-RESOLUTION CRYSTAL-STRUCTURES OF TYROSINE KINASE SH3 DOMAINS COMPLEXED WITH PROLINE-RICH PEPTIDES

    Andrea Musacchio;Matti Saraste;Matthias Wilmanns

  • Crystal structure of the tetrameric Mad1-Mad2 core complex: implications of a 'safety belt' binding mechanism for the spindle checkpoint

    Lucia Sironi;Marina Mapelli;Stefan Knapp;Anna De Antoni

  • SH3--an abundant protein domain in search of a function.

    Andrea Musacchio;Toby Gibson;Veli-Pekka Lehto;Matti Saraste

  • Structure and Regulation of the CDK5-p25nck5a Complex

    Cataldo Tarricone;Rani Dhavan;Junmin Peng;Liliana B. Areces

Frequent Co-Authors

Matti Saraste
Matti Saraste European Bioinformatics Institute
Edward D. Salmon
Edward D. Salmon University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Franz Herzog
Franz Herzog Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Geert J. P. L. Kops
Geert J. P. L. Kops Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Ingrid R. Vetter
Ingrid R. Vetter Max Planck Society
Stephen C. Harrison
Stephen C. Harrison Harvard University
Stefan Knapp
Stefan Knapp Goethe University Frankfurt
Eva Nogales
Eva Nogales University of California, Berkeley
Stephen S. Taylor
Stephen S. Taylor University of Manchester
Riccardo Cortese
Riccardo Cortese Schering-Plough

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