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Kita, K., T. Wittmann, I.S. Näthke, and C.M. Waterman-Storer (2006) APC on microtubule plus ends in cell extensions can promote microtubule net growth with or without EB1. Mol. Biol. Cell. 17:2331-2345.

Wittmann, T., and C.M. Waterman-Storer (2005) Spatial regulation of CLASP affinity for microtubules by Rac1 and GSK3β in migrating epithelial cells. J. Cell Biol. 169:929-939.
Correction in J. Cell Biol. 171:393.

Shirasu-Hiza, M., Z.E. Perlman, T. Wittmann, E. Karsenti, T.J. Mitchison (2004) Eg5 causes elongation of meiotic spindles when flux-associated microtubule depolymerization is blocked. Curr. Biol. 14:1941-1945.

Brunet, S., T. Sardon, T. Zimmerman, T. Wittmann, R. Pepperkok, E. Karsenti and I. Vernos (2004) Characterization of the TPX2 domains involved in microtubule nucleation and spindle assembly in Xenopus egg extracts. Mol. Biol. Cell. 15:5318-5328.

Wittmann, T., R. Littlefield and C.M. Waterman-Storer (2004) Fluorescent Speckle Microscopy of cytoskeletal dynamics in living cells. In Live Cell Imaging: A Laboratory Manual. D. L. Spector and R. D. Goldman, editors. Cold Spring Harbor Press, New York, pp 187-204.

Wittmann, T. and C.M. Waterman-Storer (2004) Regulation of microtubule dynamics in migrating cells: A new role for Rho GTPases. In Cell Motility: From molecules to organisms. A. Ridley, M. Peckham, and P. Clark, editors. John Wiley and Sons, London. pp 203-213.

Wittmann, T., G.M. Bokoch and C.M. Waterman-Storer (2004) Regulation of Op18/stathmin's microtubule-destabilizing activity downstream of Rac1. J. Biol. Chem. 279:6196-6203.

Wittmann, T., G.M. Bokoch and C.M. Waterman-Storer (2003) Regulation of leading edge microtubule and actin dynamics downstream of Rac1. J. Cell Biol. 161:845-851.

Adams, M.C., W.C. Salmon, S.L. Gupton, C.S. Cohan, T. Wittmann, N. Prigozhina and C.M. Waterman-Storer (2002) A high-speed multi-spectral spinning disc confocal microscope system for fluorescent speckle microscopy of living cells. Methods 29:29-41.

Andersen, S.S.L. and T. Wittmann (2002) Toward reconstitution of in vivo microtubule dynamics in vitro. Bioessays 24:305-307.

Wittmann, T. and C.M. Waterman-Storer (2001) Cell motility: can microtubules and Rho GTPases point the way? J. Cell Sci. 114:3795-803.

Wittmann, T., A.A. Hyman and A. Desai (2001) The spindle: A dynamic assembly of microtubules and motors. Nature Cell Biol. 3:E28-E34.

Wittmann, T., M. Wilm, E. Karsenti and I. Vernos (2000) TPX2, a novel Xenopus MAP involved in spindle pole organization. J. Cell Biol. 149:1405-1418.

Ahmad, F.J., J. Hughey, T. Wittmann, A. Hyman, M. Greaser and P.W. Baas (2000) Motor proteins regulate force interactions between microtubules and microfilaments in the axon. Nature Cell Biol. 2:276-280.

Wittmann, T. and T. Hyman (1999) Recombinant p50/dynamitin as a tool to examine the role of dynactin in intracellular processes. In Methods in Cell Biology. Vol. 61. C. Rieder, editor. Academic Press, San Diego. pp 137-143.

Wittmann, T., H. Boleti, C. Antony, E. Karsenti and I. Vernos (1998) Localization of the kinesin-like protein Xklp2 to spindle poles requires a leucine zipper, a microtubule-associated protein, and dynein. J. Cell Biol. 143:673-685.

Wittmann, T. and E. Wahle. (1997) Purification and characterization of full-length mammalian poly(A) polymerase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1350:293-305.