Publications

The SCFSlimb ubiquitin-ligase regulates Plk4/Sak levels to control centriole duplication.
Rogers, G.C., Roberts, D.M., Rusan, N., Peifer, M., Rogers, S.L. Submitted.

Identification of assembly factors that contribute to the formation of acentrosomal microtubule arrays in interphase Drosophila cells.
Rogers G.C., Rusan, N.M., Peifer M., Rogers, S.L.
Molecular Biology of the Cell. In press (2008).

Culture of Drosophila S2 cells and their use for RNAi-mediated loss-of-function studies and immunofluorescence microscopy.
Rogers S.L., Rogers G.C.
Nature Protocols. 3: 606-611 (2008).

The Drosophila Dead end Arf-like3 GTPase controls vesicle trafficking during tracheal fusion cell morphogenesis.
Jiang L, Rogers S.L., Crews S.T.
Developmental Biology. 11:487 - 99 (2007).

Drosophila CTCF Is Required for Fab-8 Enhancer Blocking Activity in S2 Cells.
Ciavatta D, Rogers S, Magnuson T.
J Mol Biol. 373: 233-9 (2007).

Enabled plays key roles in embryonic epithelial morphogenesis in Drosophila.
Gates J, Mahaffey J.P, Rogers S.L., Emerson M, Rogers E.M., Sottile SL, Van Vactor D, Gertler F.B., Peifer M.
Development. 134: 2027-39 (2007).

Microtubule binding by dynactin is required for microtubule organization but not cargo transport.
Kim, H., Ling, C.C., Rogers, G.C., Kural, C., Selvin, P.R., Rogers, S.L., Gelfand, V.I.
Journal of Cell Biology. 176: 641-651 (2007).

Distinct pathways of myosin II at the cleavage furrow during cytokinesis.
Dean, S.O., Rogers, S.L., Stuurman, N, Vale, R.D., Spudich, J.A.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 102: 13473-8 (2005).

Distinct mechanisms govern the localisation of Drosophila CLIP-190 to unattached kinetochores and microtubule plus ends.
Dzhindzhev, N.S., Rogers, S.L., Vale, R.D. Ohkura, H.
Journal of Cell Science. 118: 3781-90 (2005).

Spindle microtubules in flux.
Rogers, G.C., Rogers, S.L., Sharp, D.J.
Journal of Cell Science. 118:1105-1116 (2005).

Functionally distinct kinesin-13 family members cooperate to regulate microtubule dynamics during interphase.
Mennella, V., Rogers, G.C., Rogers, S.L., Buster, D.W., Vale, R.D. Sharp, D.J.
Nature Cell Biology. 7:235-245 (2005).

Structural determinants for EB1-mediated recruitment of APC and specktraplakins to the microtubule plus end.
Slep, K.C., Rogers, S.L., Elliott, S.L., Ohkura, H., Kolodziej, P.A. Vale, R.D.
Journal of Cell Biology. 168: 587-598 (2005).

DRhoGEF2 regulates actin organization and contractility in the Drosophila blastoderm embryo.
Barmchi, P.B., Rogers, S.L., Hacker, U.
Journal of Cell Biology. 168: 575-585 (2005).

Drosophila RhoGEF2 associates with microtubule plus ends in an EB1-dependent manner.
Rogers, S.L., Wiedemann, U., Hacker, U., Vale, R.D.
Current Biology. 14:1827-1833 (2004).

Identification and characterization of three Kin I family members in Drosophila: evidence that mitosis in this system involves the coordinated action of functionally distinct classes of Kin I motors.
Rogers, G.C., Rogers, S.L., Schwimmer, T.A., Stubbert, J., Walczak, C.E., Vale, R.D., Scholey, J.M., Sharp, D.J.
Nature. 427: 364-370 (2004).

Motility assays for microtubule motor proteins.
Rogers, S.L. Scholey, J.M.
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences/www.els.net. (Nature Publishing Group, 2003).

Molecular requirements for actin-based lamella formation in Drosophila S2 cells.
Rogers, S.L., Wiedemann, U., Stuurman, N. Vale, R.D.
Journal of Cell Biology. 162: 1079-1088 (2003).

Drosophila Pod-1 controls the targeting but not outgrowth of axons and cross-links both actin and microtubules.
Rothenberg, M.E., Rogers, S.L., Vale, R.D., Jan, L.Y., Jan, Y.N.
Neuron. 39:779-791 (2003).

Drosophila EB1 is essential for proper assembly, dynamics, and positioning of the mitotic spindle.
Rogers, S.L., Rogers, G.C., Sharp, D.J., Vale, R.D.
Journal of Cell Biology 158:873-884 (2002).

Dynein.
Rogers, G.C., Rogers, S.L., Sharp, D.J., Scholey, J.M.
Wiley Encyclopedia of Molecular Medicine, Volume 2, pp. 1108-1116 (New York: John Wiley Sons, 2002).

Motor protein receptors: moonlighting on other jobs.
Klopfenstein, D.R., Vale, R.D. Rogers, S.L.
Cell 103: 537-540 (2001).

Regulation of organelle transport.
Reilein, A.R., Rogers, S.L., Tuma, C.T., Gelfand, V.I.
International Review of Cytology and Cell Biology 204: 179-238 (2001).

Membrane trafficking, organelle transport, and the cytoskeleton.
Rogers, S.L. Gelfand, V.I.
Current Opinion in Cell Biology 12: 57-62 (2000).

Regulation of melanosome movement in the cell cycle by reversible association with myosin V.
Rogers, S.L., Karcher, R.L., Roland, J.T., Minin, A.A., Steffen, W., Gelfand, V.I.
Journal of Cell Biology 146: 1265-1276 (1999).

Mobility of cytochrome p450 in the endoplasmic reticulum membrane.
Szczesna-Skorupa, E., Chen, C.D., Rogers, S., Kemper, B.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 95: 14793-14798 (1998).

Myosin cooperates with microtubule motors during organelle transport in melanophores.
Rogers, S.L. Gelfand, V.I.
Current Biology 8: 161-164 (1998).

In vitro motility assay for melanophore pigment organelles.
Rogers, S.L., Tint, I.S., Gelfand, V.I.
Methods in Enzymology 298: 361-372 (1998).

Regulated bidirectional motility of melanophore pigment granules along microtubules in vitro.
Rogers, S.L., Tint, I.S., Fanapour, P.C., Gelfand, V.I.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 94: 3720-3725 (1997).