Publications

1. Bokros M, Sherwin D, Kabbaj MH, Wang Y. (2021) Yeast Fin1-PP1 dephosphorylates an Ipl1 substrate, Ndc80, to remove Bub1-Bub3 checkpoint proteins from the kinetochore during anaphase. PLoS Genetics 17:e1009592

2. Klionsky et al. (2021) Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition). Autophagy 17:1-382

3. Higgins R, Kabbaj MH, Sherwin D, Howell LA, Hatcher A, Tomko RJ, and Wang Y. (2020) The Cdc48 complex alleviates the cytotoxicity of misfolded proteins by regulating ubiquitin homeostasis. Cell Reports 32:107898

4. Sherwin D, Wang Y. (2019) The Opposing Functions of Protein Kinases and Phosphatases in Chromosome Bipolar Attachment. Int J Mol Sci. 20(24). pii: E6182. Review.

5. Higgins R, Kabbaj MH, Hatcher A, Wang Y. (2018) The absence of specific yeast heat-shock proteins leads to abnormal aggregation and compromised autophagic clearance of mutant Huntingtin proteins. PLoS One. 13:e0191490

6. Jin F, Bokros M, Wang Y. (2017) The phosphorylation of a kinetochore protein Dam1 by Aurora B/Ipl1 kinase promotes chromosome bipolar attachment in yeast. Sci Rep 7:11880

7. Jin F, Bokros M, Wang Y. (2017) Premature Silencing of the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint Is Prevented by the Bub1-H2A-Sgo1-PP2A Axis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 205:1169-1178.

8. Chuang KH, Liang F, Higgins R and Wang Y. (2016) Ubiquilin/Dsk2 promotes inclusion body formation and vacuole (lysosome)-mediated disposal of mutated Huntingtin. Mol Biol Cell 27:2015-36

9. Bokros M, Gravenmier C, Jin F, Richmond D, and Wang Y. (2016) Fin1-PP1 helps clear spindle assembly checkpoint protein Bub1 from kinetochores in anaphase. Cell Reports 14:1074-85

10. McKnight K, Liu H, and Wang Y. (2014) Replicative stress induces intragenic transcription of the ASE1 gene that negatively regulates Ase1 activity. Current Biology 24:1101-6.

11. Jin F. and Wang Y. (2013). The signaling network that silences the spindle assembly checkpoint upon the establishment of chromosome bipolar attachment. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 110:21036-41

12. Xu Z, Graham K, Foote M, Liang F, Rizkallah R, Hurt M, Wang Y, Wu Y, Zhou Y. (2013) 14-3-3 targets chaperone-associated misfolded proteins to aggresomes. J. Cell Sci. 126:4173-86

13. Liang F, Richmond D, and Wang Y. (2013). The coordination of chromatid separation and spindle elongation by antagonistic activities of mitotic and S-phase CDKs. PLoS Genetics 9: e1003319

14. Richmond D, Rizkallah R, Liang F, Hurt M, and Wang Y. (2013) Slk19 clusters kinetochores and facilitates chromosome bipolar attachment. Mol. Biol. Cell 24:566-77

15. Lin Y, Li Y, Zhu Y, Zhang J, Li Y, Liu X, Jiang W, Yu S, You XF, Xiao C, Hong B, Wang Y*, Jiang JD*, and Si S*  (2012) Identification of anti-tuberculosis agents that target ribosomal protein interactions using yeast two-hybrid system. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 109:17412-7 (*co-corresponding author).

16. Jin F, Liu H, Li P, Yu HG, and Wang Y.  (2012) Loss of function of the Cik1/Kar3 motor complex results in chromosomes with syntelic attachment that are sensed by the tension checkpoint. PLoS Genetics 8: e1002492