Abi1 is essential for the formation and activation of a WAVE2 signalling complex

…, A Zucconi, A Disanza, E Frittoli, LB Areces… - Nature cell …, 2004 - nature.com
WAVE2 belongs to a family of proteins that mediates actin reorganization by relaying signals
from Rac to the Arp2/3 complex, resulting in lamellipodia protrusion. WAVE2 displays Arp2/…

[PDF][PDF] Mechanism of Aurora B activation by INCENP and inhibition by hesperadin

F Sessa, M Mapelli, C Ciferri, C Tarricone, LB Areces… - Molecular cell, 2005 - cell.com
Aurora family serine/threonine kinases control mitotic progression, and their deregulation is
implicated in tumorigenesis. Aurora A and Aurora B, the best-characterized members of …

[HTML][HTML] Structure and regulation of the CDK5-p25nck5a complex

C Tarricone, R Dhavan, J Peng, LB Areces, LH Tsai… - Molecular cell, 2001 - cell.com
CDK5 plays an indispensable role in the central nervous system, and its deregulation is
involved in neurodegeneration. We report the crystal structure of a complex between CDK5 and …

[PDF][PDF] Human USP3 is a chromatin modifier required for S phase progression and genome stability

F Nicassio, N Corrado, JHA Vissers, LB Areces… - Current biology, 2007 - cell.com
Protein ubiquitination is critical for numerous cellular functions, including DNA damage
response pathways [1, 2]. Histones are the most abundant monoubiquitin conjugates in …

Characterization of ligand and substrate specificity for the calcium-dependent and calcium-independent protein kinase C isozymes.

MG Kazanietz, LB Areces, A Bahador, H Mischak… - Molecular …, 1993 - ASPET
Analysis of [3H]phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate (PDBu) binding was performed with protein kinase
C (PKC)-alpha, -beta 1, -gamma, -delta, -epsilon, -eta, and -zeta produced in Sf9 insect cells …

EBP1 is a nucleolar growth-regulating protein that is part of pre-ribosomal ribonucleoprotein complexes

M Squatrito, M Mancino, M Donzelli, LB Areces… - Oncogene, 2004 - nature.com
EBP1 was identified as a protein that interacts with the ErbB-3 receptor and possibly
contributes to transducing growth regulatory signals. The existence of EBP1 homologs across …

An effector region in Eps8 is responsible for the activation of the Rac-specific GEF activity of Sos-1 and for the proper localization of the Rac-based actin–polymerizing …

G Scita, P Tenca, LB Areces, A Tocchetti… - The Journal of cell …, 2001 - rupress.org
Genetic and biochemical evidence demonstrated that Eps8 is involved in the routing of signals
from Ras to Rac. This is achieved through the formation of a tricomplex consisting of Eps8…

Spot overlapping in two‐dimensional maps: a serious problem ignored for much too long

N Campostrini, LB Areces, J Rappsilber… - …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
… Classic “in-gel digestion” was performed according to the standard protocol [24], but in a
96-well plate for parallel processing (Areces and Rappsilber, manuscript in preparation). In brief…

Analysis of protein phosphorylation by mass spectrometry

LB Areces, V Matafora, A Bachi - European Journal of Mass …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
Phosphorylation is one of the most frequently occurring post-translational modifications in
proteins. In eukaryotic cells, protein phosphorylation on serine, threonine and tyrosine …

Interplay between N-WASP and CK2 optimizes clathrin-mediated endocytosis of EGFR

M Galovic, D Xu, LB Areces… - Journal of cell …, 2011 - journals.biologists.com
Clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) involves spatially and temporally restricted molecular
dynamics, to which protein kinases and actin contribute. However, whether and how these …