Publications

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Vos, B. E.; Vadapalli, Y.; Muenker, T.; Jentoft, I. M. A.; Todisco, E.; Eskandari, M. A.; Schuh, M.; Lenart, P.; Betz, T.: Direct mechanical communication of cellular to nuclear shapes in oocytes. Biophysical Journal (2025)

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Gobran, M.; Politi, A. Z.; Welp, L. M.; Jakobi, J.; Urlaub, H.; Lenart, P.: PLK1 inhibition delays mitotic entry revealing changes to the phosphoproteome of mammalian cells early in division. The EMBO Journal 44 (7), pp. 1891 - 1920 (2025)

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Otsuka, S.; Tempkin, J. O. B.; Zhang, W.; Politi, A. Z.; Rybina, A.; Hossain, M. J.; Kueblbeck, M.; Callegari, A.; Koch, B.; Morero, N. R. et al.; Sali, A.; Ellenberg, J.: A quantitative map of nuclear pore assembly reveals two distinct mechanisms. Nature 613, pp. 575 - 581 (2023)

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Upmanyu, N.; Jin, J.; von der Emde, H.; Ganzella, M.; Bösche, L.; Malviya, V. N.; Zhuleku, E.; Politi, A. Z.; Ninov, M.; Silbern, I. et al.; Leutenegger, M.; Urlaub, H.; Riedel, D.; Preobraschenski, J.; Milosevic, I.; Hell, S. W.; Jahn, R.; Sambandan, S.: Colocalization of different neurotransmitter transporters on synaptic vesicles is sparse except for VGLUT1 and ZnT3. Neuron 110 (9), pp. 1483 - 1497 (2022)

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Cavazza, T.; Takeda, Y.; Politi, A. Z.; Aushev, M.; Aldag, P.; Baker, C.; Choudhary, M.; Bucevičius, J.; Lukinavičius, G.; Elder, K. et al.; Blayney, M.; Lucas-Hahn, A.; Niemann, H.; Herbert, M.; Schuh, M.: Parental genome unification is highly error-prone in mammalian embryos. Cell 184 (11), pp. 2860 - 2877.e22 (2021)

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Pierron, M.; Kalbfuss, N.; Borrego-Pinto, J.; Lenart, P.; Gönczyp, P.: Centriole foci persist in starfish oocytes despite Plk1 inactivation or loss of microtubule nucleation activity. Molecular Biology of the Cell 31 (9), pp. 873 - 880 (2020)

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Wesolowska, N.; Avilov, I.; Machado, P.; Geiss, C.; Kondo, H.; Mori, M.; Lenart, P.: Actin assembly ruptures the nuclear envelope by prying the lamina away from nuclear pores and nuclear membranes in starfish oocytes. eLife 9, e49774 (2020)

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Szikora, S.; Gajdos, T.; Novák, T.; Farkas, D.; Földi, I.; Lenart, P.; Erdélyi, M.; Mihály, J.: Nanoscopy reveals the layered organization of the sarcomeric H-zone and I-band complexes. Journal of Cell Biology 219 (1), e201907026 (2020)

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Holzmann, J.; Politi, A. Z.; Nagasaka, K.; Hantsche-Grininger, M.; Walther, N.; Koch, B.; Fuchs, J.; Dürnberger, G.; Tang, W.; Ladurner, R. et al.; Stocsits, R. R.; Busslinger, G. A.; Novak, B.; Mechtler, K.; Davidson, I. F.; Ellenberg, J.; Peters, J. M.: Absolute quantification of cohesin, CTCF and their regulators in human cells. eLife 8, e46269 (2019)

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Klughammer, N.; Bischof, J.; Schnellbächer, N. D.; Callegari, A.; Lenart, P.; Schwarz, U. S.: Cytoplasmic flows in starfish oocytes are fully determined by cortical contractions. PLOS Computational Biology 14 (11), e1006588 (2018)

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Cai, Y.; Hossain, M. J.; Heriche, J. K.; Politi, A.; Walther, N.; Koch, B.; Wachsmuth, M.; Nijmeijer, B.; Kueblbeck, M.; Martinic-Kavur, M. et al.; Ladurner, R.; Alexander, S.; Peters, J. M.; Ellenberg, J.: Experimental and computational framework for a dynamic protein atlas of human cell division. Nature 561 (7723), pp. 411 - 415 (2018)

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Burdyniuk, M.; Callegari, A.; Mori, M.; Nédélec, F.; Lenart, P.: F-Actin nucleated on chromosomes coordinates their capture by microtubules in oocyte meiosis. Journal of Cell Biology 217 (8), pp. 2661 - 2674 (2018)

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Reichmann, J.; Nijmeijer, B.; Hossain, M. J.; Eguren, M.; Schneider, I.; Politi, A. Z.; Roberti, M. J.; Hufnagel, L.; Hiiragi, T.; Ellenberg, J.: Dual-spindle formation in zygotes keeps parental genomes apart in early mammalian embryos. Science 361 (6398), pp. 189 - 193 (2018)

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Walther, N.; Hossain, M. J.; Politi, A. Z.; Koch, B.; Kueblbeck, M.; Ødegård-Fougner, Ø.; Lampe, M.; Ellenberg, J.: A quantitative map of human Condensins provides new insights into mitotic chromosome architecture. Journal of Cell Biology 217 (7), pp. 2309 - 2328 (2018)

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Bun, P.; Dmitrieff, S.; Belmonte, J. M.; Nédélec, F. J.; Lenart, P.: A disassembly-driven mechanism explains F-actin-mediated chromosome transport in starfish oocytes. eLife 7, e31469 (2018)

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Schneider, I.; Lenart, P.: Chromosome segregation: Is the spindle all about microtubules? Current Biology 27 (21), pp. R1168 - R1170 (2017)

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Bischof, J.; Brand, C. A.; Somogyi, K.; Májer, I.; Thome, S.; Mori, M.; Schwarz, U. S.; Lenart, P.: A cdk1 gradient guides surface contraction waves in oocytes. Nature Communications 8, 849 (2017)

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Takács, Z.; Jankovics, F.; Vilmos, P.; Lenart, P.; Röper, K.; Erdélyi, M.: The spectraplakin Short stop is an essential microtubule regulator involved in epithelial closure in Drosophila. Journal of Cell Science 130 (4), pp. 712 - 724 (2017)

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Borrego-Pinto, J.; Somogyi, K.; Karreman, M. A.; König, J.; Müller-Reichert, T.; Bettencourt-Dias, M.; Gönczy, P.; Schwab, Y.; Lenart, P.: Distinct mechanisms eliminate mother and daughter centrioles in meiosis of starfish oocytes. Journal of Cell Biology 212 (7), 815 (2016)

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Cook, C. E.; Chenevert, J.; Larsson, T. A.; Arendt, D.; Houliston, E.; Lenart, P.; Bement, W.: Old knowledge and new technologies allow rapid development of model organisms. Molecular Biology of the Cell 27 (6), pp. 882 - 887 (2016)

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Wesolowska, N.; Lenart, P.: Nuclear roles for actin. Chromosoma 124 (4), pp. 481 - 489 (2015)

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Mori, M.; Somogy, K.; Kondo, H.; Monnier, N.; Falk, H. J.; Machado, P.; Bathe, M.; Nédélec, F.; Lenart, P.: An Arp2/3 nucleated F-actin shell fragments nuclear membranes at nuclear envelope breakdown in starfish oocytes. Current Biology 24 (12), pp. 1421 - 1428 (2014)

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Monnier, N.; Guo, S. M.; Mori, M.; He, J.; Lenart, P.; Bathe, M.: Bayesian approach to MSD-based analysis of particle motion in live cells. Biophysical Journal 103 (3), pp. 616 - 626 (2012)

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Hegemann, B.; Hutchins, J. R. A.; Hudecz, O.; Novatchkova, M.; Rameseder, J.; Sykora, M. M.; Liu, S.; Mazanek, M.; Lenart, P.; Hériché, J. K. et al.; Poser, I.; Kraut, N.; Hyman, A. A.; Yaffe, M. B.; Mechtler, K.; Peters, J. M.: Systematic phosphorylation analysis of human mitotic protein complexes. Science Signaling 4 (198), RS12 (2011)

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Field, C. M.; Lenart, P.: Bulk cytoplasmic actin and its functions in meiosis and mitosis. Current Biology 21 (19), pp. R825 - R830 (2011)

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Mori, M.; Monnier, N.; Daigle, N.; Bathe, M.; Ellenberg, J.; Lenart, P.: Intracellular transport by an anchored homogeneously contracting F-actin meshwork. Current Biology 21 (7), pp. 606 - 611 (2011)

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Chial, H. J.; Lenart, P.; Chen, Y. Q.: APPL proteins FRET at the BAR: Direct observation of APPL1 and APPL2 BAR domain-mediated interactions on cell membranes using FRET microscopy. PLoS One 5 (8), e12471 (2010)

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Herzog, F.; Primorac, I.; Dube, P.; Lenart, P.; Sander, B.; Mechtler, K.; Stark, H.; Peters, J. M.: Structure of the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome interacting with a mitotic checkpoint complex. Science 323 (5920), pp. 1477 - 1481 (2009)

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Petronczki, M.; Lenart, P.; Peters, J. M.: Polo on the rise-from mitotic entry to cytokinesis with Plk1. Developmental Cell 14 (5), pp. 646 - 659 (2008)

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Schmitz, J.; Watrin, E.; Lenart, P.; Mechtler, K.; Peters, J. M.: Sororin is required for stable binding of cohesin to chromatin and for sister chromatid cohesion in interphase. Current Biology 17 (7), pp. 630 - 636 (2007)

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Lenart, P.; Petronczki, M.; Steegmaier, M.; Di Fiore, B.; Lipp, J. J.; Hoffmann, M.; Rettig, W. J.; Kraut, N.; Peters, J. M.: The small-molecule inhibitor BI 2536 reveals novel insights into mitotic roles of polo-like kinase 1. Current Biology 17 (4), pp. 304 - 315 (2007)

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Steegmaier, M.; Hoffmann, M.; Baum, A.; Lenart, P.; Petronczki, M.; Krššák, M.; Gürtler, U.; Garin-Chesa, P.; Lieb, S.; Quant, J. et al.; Grauert, M.; Adolf, G. R.; Kraut, N.; lPeters, J. M.; Rettig, W. J.: BI 2536, a potent and selective inhibitor of polo-like kinase 1, inhibits tumor growth in vivo. Current Biology 17 (4), pp. 316 - 322 (2007)

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Lenart, P.; Peters, J. M.: Checkpoint activation: Don't get mad too much. Current Biology 16 (11), pp. R412 - R414 (2006)

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Lenart, P.; Ellenberg, J.: Monitoring the permeability of the nuclear envelope during the cell cycle. Methods 38 (1), pp. 17 - 24 (2006)

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Lenart, P.; Bacher, C. P.; Daigle, N.; Hand, A. R.; Eils, R.; Terasaki, M.; Ellenberg, J.: A contractile nuclear actin network drives chromosome congression in oocytes. Nature 436, pp. 812 - 818 (2005)

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Rabut, G.; Lenart, P.; Ellenberg, J.: Dynamics of nuclear pore complex organization through the cell cycle. Current Opinion in Cell Biology 16 (3), pp. 314 - 321 (2004)

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Lehotzky, A.; Tirián, L.; Tökési, N.; Lenart, P.; Szabó, B.; Kovács, J.; Ovádi, J.: Dynamic targeting of microtubules by TPPP/p25 affects cell survival. Journal of Cell Science 117, pp. 6249 - 6259 (2004)

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Lenart, P.; Rabut, G.; Daigle, N.; Hand, A. R.; Terasaki, M.; Ellenberg, J.: Nuclear envelope breakdown in starfish oocytes proceeds by partial NPC disassembly followed by a rapidly spreading fenestration of nuclear membranes. Journal of Cell Biology 160 (7), pp. 1055 - 1068 (2003)

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Lenart, P.; Ellenberg, J.: Nuclear envelope dynamics in oocytes: From germinal vesicle breakdown to mitosis. Current Opinion in Cell Biology 15 (1), pp. 88 - 95 (2003)

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Samaj, J.; Ovecka, M.; Hlavacka, A.; Lecourieux, F.; Meskiene, I.; Lichtscheid, I.; Lenart, P.; Salaj , J.; Volkmann, D.; Bögre, L. et al.; Baluska, F.; Hirt, H.: Involvement of MAP kinase SIMK and actin cytoskeleton in the regulation of root hair tip growth. Cell Biology International 27 (3), pp. 257 - 259 (2003)

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Schmitt, A.; Gutierrez, G. J.; Lenart, P.; Ellenberg, J.; Nebreda, A. R.: Histone H3 phosphorylation during Xenopus oocyte maturation: Regulation by the MAP kinase/p90Rsk pathway and uncoupling from DNA condensation. FEBS Letters 518 (1-13), pp. 23 - 28 (2002)

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Samaj, J.; Ovecka, M.; Hlavacka, A.; Lecourieux, F.; Meskiene, I.; Lichtscheidl, I.; Lenart, P.; Salaj, J.; Volkmann, D.; Bögre, L. et al.; Baluška, F.; Hirt, H.: Involvement of the mitogen-activated protein kinase SIMK in regulation of root hair tip growth. The EMBO Journal 21 (13), pp. 3296 - 3306 (2002)

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Book Chapter (5)

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Book Chapter

Avilov, I.; Lenart, P.: Conserved Functions of Mos-MAPK in Oocyte Meiosis. In: Cellular Architecture and Dynamics in Female Meiosis, pp. 17 - 43 (Ed. Mogessie, B.). Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham (2025)

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Book Chapter

Burdyniuk, M.; Wesolowska, N.; Fleszar, M.; Karreman, M. A.; Machado, P.; Borrego-Pinto, J.; Ruthensteiner, B.; Schwab, Y.; Lenart, P.: Correlated light and electron microscopy of cell division in large marine oocytes, eggs and embryos. In: Mitosis and Meiosis Part B, Vol. 145, pp. 293 - 313 (Eds. Maiato, H.; Schuh, M.) (2018)

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König, J.; Borrego-Pinto, J.; Streichert, D.; Munzig, M.; Lenart, P.; Müller-Reichert, T.: Analysis of cytokinesis by electron microscopy. In: Cytokinesis, Vol. 137, pp. 225 - 238 (Ed. Echard, A.). Elsevier (2017)

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Borrego-Pinto, J.; Somogy, K.; Lenart, P.: Live imaging of centriole dynamics by fluorescently tagged proteins in starfish oocyte meiosis. In: Oogenesis, Vol. 1457, pp. 145 - 166 (Ed. Nezis, I. P.). Springer-Verlag (2016)

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Strickland, L.; von Dassow, G.; Ellenberg, J.; Foe, V.; Lenart, P.; Burgess, D.: Light microscopy of echinoderm embryos. In: Development of Sea Urchins, Ascidians, and Other Invertebrate Deuterostomes: Experimental Approaches, pp. 371 - 409 (Eds. Ettensohn, C. A.; Wray, G. A.; Wessel, G. M.). Elsevier (2004)

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