Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Bi Lab

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
  1. Tong Z,  Gao X-D,  Howell AS,  Bose I,  Lew DJ,  Bi E. 2007. Adjacent positioning of cellular structures enabled by a Cdc42 GTPase-activating protein-mediated zone of inhibition. Journal of Cell Biology 179: 1375-84. (Highlighted in the same issue with a piece entitled “To bud where no bud has gone before)
  2. Fang X, Luo J Nishihama R, Wloka C, Dravis C, Travaglia M, Iwase M, Vallen EA, Bi E. 2010.  Biphasic targeting and cleavage furrow ingression directed by the tail of a myosin II. The Journal of cell biology 191: 1333-50. (Highlighted in the same issue with a piece entitled “Myo1 provides a ring in the tail”)
  3. Oh Y, Bi E. 2011. Septin structure and function in yeast and beyond. Trends in cell biology 21: 141-8.
  4. Oh Y, Chang KJ, Orlean P, Wloka C, Deshaies R, Bi E. 2012. Mitotic exit kinase Dbf2 directly phosphorylates chitin synthase Chs2 to regulate cytokinesis in budding yeast. Molecular Biology of the Cell 23:2445-56.
  5. Bi E, Park HO. 2012. Cell polarization and cytokinesis in budding yeast. Genetics 191:347-87
  6. Wloka C, Vallen EA, The L, Fang X, Oh Y, Bi E. 2013. Immobile myosin-II plays a scaffolding role during cytokinesis in budding yeast. Journal of Cell Biology 200:271-86 (Highlighted in Biosights with a podcast entitled “Erecting a scaffold for cytokinesis”)
  7. Okada S, Leda M, Hanna J, Savage NS, Bi E, Goryachev A. 2013. Daughter cell identity emerges from the interplay of Cdc42, septins, and exocytosis. Developmental Cell 26:148-161 (Highlighted Cover story with a preview entitled “bud building by septin patch hole punching)
  8. Wang T, Yanger K, Stanger BZ, Cassio D, Bi E: 2014. Cytokinesis defines a spatial landmark for hepatocyte polarization and apical lumen formation. Journal of Cell Science 127:2483‑92 (Highlighted with a piece entitled “Cytokinesis links polarization and tube formation in liver)
  9. Ong K, Wloka C, Okada S, Svitkina T, Bi E:  2014. Architecture and dynamic remodeling of the septin cytoskeleton during the cell cycleNature Communications. 5:5698. doi: 10.1038/ncomms6698.
  10. Feng Z, Cai G, Zhou B, and Bi E.  2015. Myosin‑II heavy chain and formin mediate the targeting of myosin essential light chain to the division site before and during cytokinesis. Molecular Biology of the Cell 26: 1211-24.