Thomas H. Giddings

Subversion of Cellular Autophagosomal Machinery by RNA Viruses (2005)

William T. Jackson, Thomas H. Giddings, Matthew P. Taylor, Sara Mulinyawe, Marlene Rabinovitch, Ron R. Kopito, ...

Poliovirus is a well-studied positive-strand RNA virus, and here it is shown to subvert the machinery of the cellular autophagy pathway at several stages in the viral life cycle.

Mps1p Regulates Meiotic Spindle Pole Body Duplication in Addition to Having Novel Roles during Sporulation

Straight, Paul D., Giddings, Thomas H., Winey, Mark

Sporulation in yeast requires that a modified form of chromosome segregation be coupled to the development of a specialized cell type, a process akin to gametogenesis. Mps1p is a dual-specificity...

Yeast Dam1p Is Required to Maintain Spindle Integrity during Mitosis and Interacts with the Mps1p Kinase

Jones, Michele H., Bachant, Jeffrey B., Castillo, Andrea R., Giddings, Thomas H., Winey, Mark

We have identified a mutant allele of the DAM1 gene in a screen for mutations that are lethal in combination with the mps1-1 mutation. MPS1 encodes an essential protein kinase that is required for...

Nuclear Pore Complex Number and Distribution throughout the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cell Cycle by Three-Dimensional Reconstruction from Electron Micrographs of Nuclear Envelopes

Winey, Mark, Yarar, Defne, Giddings, Thomas H., Mastronarde, David N.

The number of nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) in individual nuclei of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae was determined by computer-aided reconstruction of entire nuclei from electron micrographs of...

Yeast Dam1p has a role at the kinetochore in assembly of the mitotic spindle

Jones, Michele H., He, Xiangwei, Giddings, Thomas H., Winey, Mark

During mitosis, replicated chromosomes are separated to daughter cells by the microtubule-based mitotic spindle. Chromosomes attach to the mitotic spindle through specialized DNA/protein structures...

Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mob1p Is Required for Cytokinesis and Mitotic Exit

Luca, Francis C., Mody, Manali, Kurischko, Cornelia, Roof, David M., Giddings, Thomas H., Winey, Mark

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitotic exit network (MEN) is a conserved set of genes that mediate the transition from mitosis to G1 by regulating mitotic cyclin degradation and the inactivation of...

Remodeling the Endoplasmic Reticulum by Poliovirus Infection and by Individual Viral Proteins: an Autophagy-Like Origin for Virus-Induced Vesicles

Suhy, David A., Giddings, Thomas H., Kirkegaard, Karla

All positive-strand RNA viruses of eukaryotes studied assemble RNA replication complexes on the surfaces of cytoplasmic membranes. Infection of mammalian cells with poliovirus and other...

Poliovirus 3A Protein Limits Interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-8, and Beta Interferon Secretion during Viral Infection

Dodd, Dana A., Giddings, Thomas H., Kirkegaard, Karla

During viral infections, the host secretory pathway is crucial for both innate and acquired immune responses. For example, the export of most proinflammatory and antiviral cytokines, which recruit...

Three-dimensional Organization of Basal Bodies from Wild-Type and δ-Tubulin Deletion Strains of Chlamydomonas reinhardtiiV⃞

O'Toole, Eileen T., Giddings, Thomas H., McIntosh, J. Richard, Dutcher, Susan K.

Improved methods of specimen preparation and dual-axis electron tomography have been used to study the structure and organization of basal bodies in the unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii....

Partial Purification and Properties of d-Glucosamine 6-Phosphate N-Acetyltransferase from Zoospores of Blastocladiella emersonii

Giddings, Thomas H., Cantino, Edward C.

A d-glucosamine 6-phosphate N-acetyltransferase from Blastocladiella emersonii zoospores was partially purified to a specific activity of 2.41 IU per mg of protein. Its pH optimum was 8.05 and its Km...

Supramolecular structure of stacked and unstacked regions of the photosynthetic membranes of Prochloron sp., a prokaryote

Giddings, Thomas H., Withers, Nancy W., Staehelin, L. Andrew

Freeze-fracture replicas of the photosynthetic prokaryote Prochloron sp., collected at Coconut Island, Hawaii, show that the thylakoids are differentiated into stacked and unstacked regions much like...

Requirement for Bbp1p in the Proper Mitotic Functions of Cdc5p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Park, Chong J., Song, Sukgil, Giddings, Thomas H., Ro, Hyeon-Su, Sakchaisri, Krisada, Park, Jung-Eun, ...

The polo-box domain of the budding yeast polo kinase Cdc5p plays an essential role for targeting the catalytic activity of Cdc5p to spindle pole bodies (SPBs) and cytokinetic neck-filaments. Here, we...

A Novel Allele of Saccharomyces cerevisiae NDC1 Reveals a Potential Role for the Spindle Pole Body Component Ndc1p in Nuclear Pore Assembly

Lau, Corine K., Giddings, Thomas H., Winey, Mark

Both the spindle pole body (SPB) and the nuclear pore complex (NPC) are essential organelles embedded in the nuclear envelope throughout the life cycle of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae....

Structure of the Thylakoids and Envelope Membranes of the Cyanelles of Cyanophora paradoxa1

Giddings, Thomas H., Wasmann, Cathy, Staehelin, L. Andrew

The cyanelles of Cyanophora paradoxa Korsch. are photosynthetically active obligate endosymbionts in which phycobiliproteins serve as the major accessory pigments. Freeze-fracture electron...

Subversion of Cellular Autophagosomal Machinery by RNA Viruses

Jackson, William T, Giddings, Thomas H, Taylor, Matthew P, Mulinyawe, Sara, Rabinovitch, Marlene, Kopito, Ron R, ...

Infection of human cells with poliovirus induces the proliferation of double-membraned cytoplasmic vesicles whose surfaces are used as the sites of viral RNA replication and whose origin is unknown....

Basal Body Duplication and Maintenance Require One Member of the Tetrahymena thermophila Centrin Gene FamilyD⃞

Stemm-Wolf, Alexander J., Morgan, Garry, Giddings, Thomas H., White, Erin A., Marchione, Robb, McDonald, Heather B., ...

Centrins, small calcium binding EF-hand proteins, function in the duplication of a variety of microtubule organizing centers. These include centrioles in humans, basal bodies in green algae, and...

Three-dimensional Ultrastructure of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Meiotic SpindlesD⃞V⃞

Winey, Mark, Morgan, Garry P., Straight, Paul D., Giddings, Thomas H., Mastronarde, David N.

Meiotic chromosome segregation leads to the production of haploid germ cells. During meiosis I (MI), the paired homologous chromosomes are separated. Meiosis II (MII) segregation leads to the...

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Spindle Pole Body (SPB) Component Nbp1p Is Required for SPB Membrane Insertion and Interacts with the Integral Membrane Proteins Ndc1p and Mps2pD⃞

Araki, Yasuhiro, Lau, Corine K., Maekawa, Hiromi, Jaspersen, Sue L., Giddings, Thomas H., Schiebel, Elmar, ...

The spindle pole body (SPB) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae functions to nucleate and organize spindle microtubules, and it is embedded in the nuclear envelope throughout the yeast life cycle. However,...

Virus-like particles of the Ty3 retrotransposon assemble in association with P-body components

BELIAKOVA-BETHELL, NADEJDA, BECKHAM, CARLA, GIDDINGS, THOMAS H., WINEY, MARK, PARKER, ROY, SANDMEYER, SUZANNE

Retroviruses and retrotransposons assemble intracellular immature core particles around a RNA genome, and nascent particles collect in association with membranes or as intracellular clusters. How and...

Mps1p Regulates Meiotic Spindle Pole Body Duplication in Addition to Having Novel Roles during Sporulation

Straight, Paul D., Giddings, Thomas H., Winey, Mark

Sporulation in yeast requires that a modified form of chromosome segregation be coupled to the development of a specialized cell type, a process akin to gametogenesis. Mps1p is a dual-specificity...

Yeast Dam1p Is Required to Maintain Spindle Integrity during Mitosis and Interacts with the Mps1p Kinase

Jones, Michele H., Bachant, Jeffrey B., Castillo, Andrea R., Giddings, Thomas H., Winey, Mark

We have identified a mutant allele of the DAM1 gene in a screen for mutations that are lethal in combination with the mps1-1 mutation. MPS1 encodes an essential protein kinase that is required for...

Nuclear Pore Complex Number and Distribution throughout the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cell Cycle by Three-Dimensional Reconstruction from Electron Micrographs of Nuclear Envelopes

Winey, Mark, Yarar, Defne, Giddings, Thomas H., Mastronarde, David N.

The number of nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) in individual nuclei of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae was determined by computer-aided reconstruction of entire nuclei from electron micrographs of...

Yeast Dam1p has a role at the kinetochore in assembly of the mitotic spindle

Jones, Michele H., He, Xiangwei, Giddings, Thomas H., Winey, Mark

During mitosis, replicated chromosomes are separated to daughter cells by the microtubule-based mitotic spindle. Chromosomes attach to the mitotic spindle through specialized DNA/protein structures...

Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mob1p Is Required for Cytokinesis and Mitotic Exit

Luca, Francis C., Mody, Manali, Kurischko, Cornelia, Roof, David M., Giddings, Thomas H., Winey, Mark

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitotic exit network (MEN) is a conserved set of genes that mediate the transition from mitosis to G1 by regulating mitotic cyclin degradation and the inactivation of...

Remodeling the Endoplasmic Reticulum by Poliovirus Infection and by Individual Viral Proteins: an Autophagy-Like Origin for Virus-Induced Vesicles

Suhy, David A., Giddings, Thomas H., Kirkegaard, Karla

All positive-strand RNA viruses of eukaryotes studied assemble RNA replication complexes on the surfaces of cytoplasmic membranes. Infection of mammalian cells with poliovirus and other...

Poliovirus 3A Protein Limits Interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-8, and Beta Interferon Secretion during Viral Infection

Dodd, Dana A., Giddings, Thomas H., Kirkegaard, Karla

During viral infections, the host secretory pathway is crucial for both innate and acquired immune responses. For example, the export of most proinflammatory and antiviral cytokines, which recruit...

Three-dimensional Organization of Basal Bodies from Wild-Type and δ-Tubulin Deletion Strains of Chlamydomonas reinhardtiiV⃞

O'Toole, Eileen T., Giddings, Thomas H., McIntosh, J. Richard, Dutcher, Susan K.

Improved methods of specimen preparation and dual-axis electron tomography have been used to study the structure and organization of basal bodies in the unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii....

Partial Purification and Properties of d-Glucosamine 6-Phosphate N-Acetyltransferase from Zoospores of Blastocladiella emersonii

Giddings, Thomas H., Cantino, Edward C.

A d-glucosamine 6-phosphate N-acetyltransferase from Blastocladiella emersonii zoospores was partially purified to a specific activity of 2.41 IU per mg of protein. Its pH optimum was 8.05 and its Km...

Supramolecular structure of stacked and unstacked regions of the photosynthetic membranes of Prochloron sp., a prokaryote

Giddings, Thomas H., Withers, Nancy W., Staehelin, L. Andrew

Freeze-fracture replicas of the photosynthetic prokaryote Prochloron sp., collected at Coconut Island, Hawaii, show that the thylakoids are differentiated into stacked and unstacked regions much like...

Requirement for Bbp1p in the Proper Mitotic Functions of Cdc5p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Park, Chong J., Song, Sukgil, Giddings, Thomas H., Ro, Hyeon-Su, Sakchaisri, Krisada, Park, Jung-Eun, ...

The polo-box domain of the budding yeast polo kinase Cdc5p plays an essential role for targeting the catalytic activity of Cdc5p to spindle pole bodies (SPBs) and cytokinetic neck-filaments. Here, we...

A Novel Allele of Saccharomyces cerevisiae NDC1 Reveals a Potential Role for the Spindle Pole Body Component Ndc1p in Nuclear Pore Assembly

Lau, Corine K., Giddings, Thomas H., Winey, Mark

Both the spindle pole body (SPB) and the nuclear pore complex (NPC) are essential organelles embedded in the nuclear envelope throughout the life cycle of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae....

Three-dimensional Ultrastructure of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Meiotic SpindlesD⃞V⃞

Winey, Mark, Morgan, Garry P., Straight, Paul D., Giddings, Thomas H., Mastronarde, David N.

Meiotic chromosome segregation leads to the production of haploid germ cells. During meiosis I (MI), the paired homologous chromosomes are separated. Meiosis II (MII) segregation leads to the...

Structure of the Thylakoids and Envelope Membranes of the Cyanelles of Cyanophora paradoxa1

Giddings, Thomas H., Wasmann, Cathy, Staehelin, L. Andrew

The cyanelles of Cyanophora paradoxa Korsch. are photosynthetically active obligate endosymbionts in which phycobiliproteins serve as the major accessory pigments. Freeze-fracture electron...

Subversion of Cellular Autophagosomal Machinery by RNA Viruses

Jackson, William T, Giddings, Thomas H, Taylor, Matthew P, Mulinyawe, Sara, Rabinovitch, Marlene, Kopito, Ron R, ...

Infection of human cells with poliovirus induces the proliferation of double-membraned cytoplasmic vesicles whose surfaces are used as the sites of viral RNA replication and whose origin is unknown....

Basal Body Duplication and Maintenance Require One Member of the Tetrahymena thermophila Centrin Gene FamilyD⃞

Stemm-Wolf, Alexander J., Morgan, Garry, Giddings, Thomas H., White, Erin A., Marchione, Robb, McDonald, Heather B., ...

Centrins, small calcium binding EF-hand proteins, function in the duplication of a variety of microtubule organizing centers. These include centrioles in humans, basal bodies in green algae, and...

Virus-like particles of the Ty3 retrotransposon assemble in association with P-body components

BELIAKOVA-BETHELL, NADEJDA, BECKHAM, CARLA, GIDDINGS, THOMAS H., WINEY, MARK, PARKER, ROY, SANDMEYER, SUZANNE

Retroviruses and retrotransposons assemble intracellular immature core particles around a RNA genome, and nascent particles collect in association with membranes or as intracellular clusters. How and...

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Spindle Pole Body (SPB) Component Nbp1p Is Required for SPB Membrane Insertion and Interacts with the Integral Membrane Proteins Ndc1p and Mps2pD⃞

Araki, Yasuhiro, Lau, Corine K., Maekawa, Hiromi, Jaspersen, Sue L., Giddings, Thomas H., Schiebel, Elmar, ...

The spindle pole body (SPB) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae functions to nucleate and organize spindle microtubules, and it is embedded in the nuclear envelope throughout the yeast life cycle. However,...

Novel sfi1 Alleles Uncover Additional Functions for Sfi1p in Bipolar Spindle Assembly and Function

Anderson, Victoria E., Prudden, John, Prochnik, Simon, Giddings, Thomas H., Hardwick, Kevin G.

A variety of spindle and kinetochore defects have been shown to induce a mitotic delay through activation of the spindle checkpoint. With the aim of identifying novel mitotic defects we carried out a...

The Sad1-UNC-84 homology domain in Mps3 interacts with Mps2 to connect the spindle pole body with the nuclear envelope

Jaspersen, Sue L., Martin, Adriana E., Glazko, Galina, Giddings, Thomas H., Morgan, Garry, Mushegian, Arcady, ...

The spindle pole body (SPB) is the sole site of microtubule nucleation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae; yet, details of its assembly are poorly understood. Integral membrane proteins including Mps2...

New Tetrahymena basal body protein components identify basal body domain structure

Kilburn, Chandra L., Pearson, Chad G., Romijn, Edwin P., Meehl, Janet B., Giddings, Thomas H., Culver, Brady P., ...

Basal bodies organize the nine doublet microtubules found in cilia. Cilia are required for a variety of cellular functions, including motility and sensing stimuli. Understanding this biochemically...

The Yeast CDC37 Gene Interacts with MPS1 and Is Required for Proper Execution of Spindle Pole Body Duplication

Schutz, Amy R., Giddings, Thomas H., Steiner, Estelle, Winey, Mark

The MPS1 gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes an essential protein kinase required for spindle pole body (SPB) duplication and for the mitotic spindle assembly checkpoint. Cells with the mps1-1...

Mps3p is a novel component of the yeast spindle pole body that interacts with the yeast centrin homologue Cdc31p

Jaspersen, Sue L., Giddings, Thomas H., Winey, Mark

Accurate duplication of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae spindle pole body (SPB) is required for formation of a bipolar mitotic spindle. We identified mutants in SPB assembly by screening a...

Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ndc1p Is a Shared Component of Nuclear Pore Complexes and Spindle Pole Bodies

Chial, Heidi J., Rout, Michael P., Giddings, Thomas H., Winey, Mark

We report a novel connection between nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) and spindle pole bodies (SPBs) revealed by our studies of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae NDC1 gene. Although both NPCs and SPBs are...

β-Catenin is a Nek2 substrate involved in centrosome separation

Bahmanyar, Shirin, Kaplan, Daniel D., DeLuca, Jennifer G., Giddings, Thomas H., O’Toole, Eileen T., Winey, Mark, ...

β-Catenin plays important roles in cell adhesion and gene transcription, and has been shown recently to be essential for the establishment of a bipolar mitotic spindle. Here we show that β-catenin...