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Carsten Janke

Carsten Janke

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
16077
World Ranking
12985
National Ranking
489

Overview

Carsten Janke is affiliated with the Institute Curie in France and has contributed extensively to molecular biology, particularly in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The primary research focus includes microtubule and mitosis dynamics as well as the ubiquitin and proteasome pathways. Other notable topics in their work cover genetic and kidney cyst diseases, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, cellular transport and secretion, cellular mechanics and interactions, and protist diversity and phylogeny.

  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Genetic and kidney cyst diseases
  • Glycosylation and glycoproteins research
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Cellular mechanics and interactions
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny

Janke's publication record includes papers in major journals with a high frequency of contributions to venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The EMBO Journal, Nature Communications, Journal of Cell Science, and Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology.

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The EMBO Journal
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Cell Science
  • Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Frequent coauthors in the research include Maria M. Magiera, Satish Bodakuntla, Mariya Genova, A. S. Jijumon, and Sudarshan Gadadhar.

  • Maria M. Magiera
  • Satish Bodakuntla
  • Mariya Genova
  • A. S. Jijumon
  • Sudarshan Gadadhar

Notable recent publications provide insight into their research themes:

  • The tubulin code and its role in controlling microtubule properties and functions, 2020, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Tubulin glycylation controls axonemal dynein activity, flagellar beat, and male fertility, 2021, Science
  • Tubulin polyglutamylation is a general traffic-control mechanism in hippocampal neurons, 2020, Journal of Cell Science
  • Tubulin polyglutamylation differentially regulates microtubule-interacting proteins, 2023, The EMBO Journal
  • Distinct roles of α- and β-tubulin polyglutamylation in controlling axonal transport and in neurodegeneration, 2021, The EMBO Journal

The body of work includes 120 publications classified under biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with subfields such as molecular biology (69 publications), cell biology (39 publications), cellular and molecular neuroscience (11 publications), genetics (8 publications), and materials chemistry (3 publications).

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Genetics
  • Materials Chemistry

Best Publications

  • A versatile toolbox for PCR-based tagging of yeast genes: new fluorescent proteins, more markers and promoter substitution cassettes.

    Carsten Janke;Maria M. Magiera;Nicole Rathfelder;Christof Taxis

  • Evidence that the Ipl1-Sli15 (Aurora Kinase-INCENP) Complex Promotes Chromosome Bi-orientation by Altering Kinetochore-Spindle Pole Connections

    Tomoyuki U. Tanaka;Tomoyuki U. Tanaka;Najma Rachidi;Carsten Janke;Gislene Pereira

  • Post-translational regulation of the microtubule cytoskeleton: mechanisms and functions

    Carsten Janke;Jeannette Chloë Bulinski

  • The tubulin code and its role in controlling microtubule properties and functions.

    Carsten Janke;Carsten Janke;Maria M Magiera;Maria M Magiera

  • The tubulin code: molecular components, readout mechanisms, and functions.

    Carsten Janke

  • Tubulin post-translational modifications: encoding functions on the neuronal microtubule cytoskeleton

    Carsten Janke;Carsten Janke;Carsten Janke;Matthias Kneussel

  • Tubulin Polyglutamylase Enzymes Are Members of the TTL Domain Protein Family

    Carsten Janke;Krzysztof Rogowski;Dorota Wloga;Catherine Regnard

  • A Family of Protein-Deglutamylating Enzymes Associated with Neurodegeneration

    Krzysztof Rogowski;Juliette van Dijk;Maria M. Magiera;Christophe Bosc

  • Tubulin polyglutamylation stimulates spastin-mediated microtubule severing.

    Benjamin Lacroix;Juliette van Dijk;Nicholas D. Gold;Julien Guizetti

  • CLIP-170 tracks growing microtubule ends by dynamically recognizing composite EB1/tubulin-binding sites

    Peter Bieling;Stefanie Kandels-Lewis;Ivo A. Telley;Juliette van Dijk

  • A targeted multienzyme mechanism for selective microtubule polyglutamylation.

    Juliette van Dijk;Krzysztof Rogowski;Julie Miro;Benjamin Lacroix

  • Loss of α-tubulin polyglutamylation in ROSA22 mice is associated with abnormal targeting of KIF1A and modulated synaptic function

    Koji Ikegami;Robb L. Heier;Midori Taruishi;Hiroshi Takagi

  • Microtubule-Associated Proteins: Structuring the Cytoskeleton.

    Satish Bodakuntla;A.S. Jijumon;A.S. Jijumon;Cristopher Villablanca;Christian Gonzalez-Billault

  • Causes and Consequences of Microtubule Acetylation.

    Carsten Janke;Carsten Janke;Guillaume Montagnac

  • The budding yeast proteins Spc24p and Spc25p interact with Ndc80p and Nuf2p at the kinetochore and are important for kinetochore clustering and checkpoint control

    Carsten Janke;Jennifer Ortiz;Johannes Lechner;Anna Shevchenko

  • Microtubule detyrosination guides chromosomes during mitosis

    Marin Barisic;Ricardo Silva e Sousa;Suvranta K. Tripathy;Maria M. Magiera

  • The tubulin code at a glance.

    Sudarshan Gadadhar;Sudarshan Gadadhar;Satish Bodakuntla;Satish Bodakuntla;Kathiresan Natarajan;Kathiresan Natarajan;Carsten Janke;Carsten Janke

  • Structural basis of tubulin tyrosination by tubulin tyrosine ligase

    Andrea E. Prota;Maria M. Magiera;Marijn Kuijpers;Katja Bargsten

  • Four new subunits of the Dam1–Duo1 complex reveal novel functions in sister kinetochore biorientation

    Carsten Janke;Jennifer Ortíz;Tomoyuki U. Tanaka;Johannes Lechner

  • Spindle asymmetry drives non-Mendelian chromosome segregation

    Takashi Akera;Lukáš Chmátal;Emily Trimm;Karren Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Annie Andrieux
Annie Andrieux Grenoble Alpes University
Ivan Bièche
Ivan Bièche Institute Curie
Laurent Nguyen
Laurent Nguyen University of Liège
Elmar Schiebel
Elmar Schiebel Heidelberg University
Frédéric Saudou
Frédéric Saudou Grenoble Alpes University
Brigitte Malgrange
Brigitte Malgrange University of Liège
François Lanza
François Lanza University of Strasbourg
Michael Hahne
Michael Hahne Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Thomas Arendt
Thomas Arendt Leipzig University
Arnold Munnich
Arnold Munnich Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital

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