Representative Publications

• Friedman JR, Webster BM, Mastronarde DN, Verhey KJ, and Voeltz GK.  2010.   ER sliding dynamics and ER-mitochondrial contacts occur on acetylated microtubules.   Journal of Cell Biology 190: 363-375.  PMID 20696706.
• Dishinger JF, Kee HL, Jenkins PM, Fan SL, Hurd TW, Hammond JW, Truong YNT, Margolis B, Martens JR, and Verhey KJ.  2010.   Ciliary entry of the kinesin-2 motor KIF17 is regulated by importin-b2 and Ran-GTP .  Nature Cell Biology 12: 703-710.  PMID 20526328.
• Verhey KJ and Hammond JH.  2009.   Trraffic control: Regulation of kinesin motors .  Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 10: 765-777. PMID: 19851335.
• Hammond JW, Blasius TL, Soppina V, Cai D, and Verhey KJ.  2010.   Autoinhibition of the kinesin-2 motor KIF17 via dual intramolecular mechanisms.   Journal of Cell Biology 189: 1013-1025.  PMID 20530208.
• Hammond JW*, Huang C-F *, Kaech S, Jacobson C, Banker G, and Verhey KJ.  2010.   Posttranslational modifications of tubulin and the polarized transport of Kinesin-1 in neurons .  Molecular Biology of the Cell. 21: 572-583.  PMID 20032309.
• Cai D, McEwen DP, Martens JR, Meyhofer E, and Verhey KJ.  2009.   Single molecule imaging reveals differences in microtubule track selection between Kinesin motors .  PLoS Biology 7: e1000216.  PMID: 19823565.
• Qian M*, Cai D*, Verhey KJ, and Tsai B.  2009.   A lipid receptor sorts polyomavirus from the endolysosome to the endoplasmic reticulum to cause infection .  PLoS Pathogen 5: e1000465. PMID: 19503604.
• Hammond JW, Cai D, Blasius TL, Li Z, Jiang Y, Jih GT, Meyhofer E, and Verhey KJ.  2009.   Mammalian kinesin-3 motors are dimeric in vivo and move by processive motility upon release of autoinhibition .  PLoS Biology 7: e72.  PMID: 19338388.
• Hammond JW, Griffin K, Jih GT, Stuckey J, and Verhey KJ.  2008.   Co-operative versus independent transport of different cargoes by Kinesin-1 .  Traffic 9: 725-741.  PMID: 18266909.
• Cai D, Verhey KJ, and Meyhöfer E.  2007.   Tracking single Kinesin molecules in the cytoplasm of mammalian cells .  Biophysical Journal. 92: 4137-4144.  PMID: 17400704.
• Cai D, Hoppe AD, Swanson JA, and Verhey KJ.  2007.   Kinesin-1 structural organization and conformational changes revealed by FRET stoichiometry in live cells .  Journal of Cell Biology. 176: 51-63.  PMID: 17200416.  
• Blasius TL, Cai D, Jih GT, Toret CP, and Verhey KJ.  2007.   Two binding partners cooperate to activate the molecular motor kinesin-1. Journal of Cell Biology . 176: 11-17.  PMID: 17200414.
• Reed NA, Cai D, Blasius TL, Jih GT, Meyhofer E, Gaertig J, and Verhey KJ.  2006.   Microtubule acetylation promotes kinesin-1 binding and transport .  Current Biology. 16: 2166-2172.  PMID: 17084703
• Jenkins PM, Hurd TW, Zhang L, McEwen DP, Brown RL, Margolis B, Verhey KJ, and Martens JR.  2006.   Ciliary targeting of olfactory CNG channels requires the CNGB1b subunit and the kinesin-2 motor protein, KIF17 .  Current Biology. 16: 1211-1216.  PMID: 16782012.

Reviews

• Verhey KJ, Kaul N, and Soppina V. 2011. Kinesin Assembly and Movement in Cells. Ann Rev Biophysics 40: 267-288. PMID 21332353.
• Cai D, Kaul N, Lionberger TA, Wiener DM, Verhey KJ, and Meyhofer E. 2010. Recording single motor proteins in the cytoplasm of mammalian cells . Methods in Enzymology 475:81-107. PMID 20627154.
• Hammond JW, Cai D, and Verhey KJ. 2008. Tubulin modifications and their cellular functions . Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 20: 71-76. PMID: 18226514.
• Verhey KJ. 2007. Motor proteins: trafficking and signaling collide . Current Biology. 17: R804-806. PMID: 17878049.
• Verhey KJ and Gaertig J. 2007. The tubulin code . Cell Cycle. 6:2152-2160. PMID: 17786050.
• Verhey KJ and Rapoport TA. 2001. Kinesin carries the signal . TRENDS in Biochemical Sciences 26: 545-550.