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Michael Koonce

Michael Koonce

Research Scientist, Wadsworth Center, Cellular and Molecular Basis of Diseases

Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley (1987)
Postdoctoral training, University of Colorado at Boulder

E-mail: koonce@wadsworth.org

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  • McNaughton, L., Tikhonenko, I., Banavali, N.K., LeMaster, D.M., and Koonce, M.P. (2010) A low affinity ground state conformation for the dynein microtubule binding domain.  J. Biol. Chem. 285:15994-16002.
  • Samereier, M., Meyer, I., Koonce, M.P., and Gräf, R. (2010) Live cell-imaging techniques for analyses of microtubules in Dictyostelium.  Methods Cell Biol. 97:341-357.
  • Koonce, M.P. and Gräf, R. (2010) Dictyostelium discoideum: A model system for ultrastructural analyses of cell motility and development.  Methods Cell Biol. 96:197-216.
  • Tikhonenko, I., Nag, D.K., Robinson, D.N., and Koonce, M.P. (2009) Microtubule-nucleus interactions in Dictyostelium discoideum mediated by central motor kinesins.  Eukaryot. Cell. 8:723-731.
  • Tikhonenko, I., Nag, D.K., Martin, N. and Koonce, M.P. (2008) Kinesin-5 is not essential for mitotic spindle elongation in Dictyostelium.  Cell Motil. Cytoskel. 65:853-862.
  • Nag, D.K., Tikhonenko, I., Soga, I., and Koonce, M.P. (2008) Disruption of four kinesin genes in Dictyostelium.  BMC Cell Biol. 9:21.
  • Meng, X., Samsó, M., and Koonce, M.P. (2006) A flexible linkage between the dynein motor and its cargo.  J. Mol Biol. 357:701-706.
  • Koonce, M.P. (2006) Dynein shifts into second gear.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA). 103:17587-17588.

Contact Information

E-mail: koonce@wadsworth.org.
Phone: (518) 486-1490