Yu, W., Qiang L., Solowska, J.M., Karabay, A., Korulu, S., and Baas P.W., The Microtubule-severing Proteins Spastin and Katanin Participate Differently in the Formation of Axonal Branches. Mol. Biol. Cell 2008 Apr ;19(4):1485-1498. PDF Solowska, J.M., Morfini, G., Falnikar, A., Himes, B.T., Brady, S.T., Huang, D., and Baas P.W., Quantitative and Functional Analyses of Spastin in the Nervous System: Implications for Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia. J. Neurosci. 2008 Feb 27;28(9):2147-2157. PDF Myers, K.A., Baas, P.W. Kinesin-5 regulates the growth of the axon by acting as a brake on its microtubule array. J Cell Biol. 2007 Sep 10;178(6):1081-91. PDF Yu, W., Qiang, L., and P.W. Baas. 2007. Microtubule-severing in the axon: implications for development, disease, and regeneration after injury. J. Environ. Biomed. 1: 1-7. PDF Takahashi, D., W. Yu, P.W. Baas, R. Kawai-Hirai, and K. Hayashi. 2007. Rearrangement of microtubule polarity orientation during conversion of dendrites to axons in cultured pyramidal neurons. Cell Motil. Cytoskel. 64: 347-359. PDF Katsetos, C.D., E. Draberova, B. Smejkalova, G. Reddy, L. Bertrand, J.P. de Chadarevian, A. Legido, J. Nissanov, P.W. Baas, and P. Draber. 2007. Class III beta-tubulin and gamma-tubulin are co-expressed and form complexes in human glioblastoma cells. Neurochem. Res. 32: 1387-1398. PDF Myers, K.A., Tint, I., Nadar, C.V., He, Y., Black, M.M., Baas, P.W. 2006. Antagonistic Forces Generated by Cytoplasmic Dynein and Myosin-II during Growth Cone Turning and Axonal Retraction. 7(10):1333-51. PDF King, M.E., H.-M. Kan, P.W. Baas, A. Erisir, C.G. Glabe, and G.S. Bloom. 2006. Tau-dependent microtubule disassembly initiated by pre-fibrillar b-amyloid. J. Cell Biol. 175: 541-546. PDF
Qiang, L., Yu, W., Andreadis, A., Luo, M., Baas, P.W.,. Tau Protects Microtubules in the Axon from Severing by Katanin. The Journal of Neuroscience, March 22, 2006. 26(12):3120 –3129. PDF
Myers, K.A., He, Y., Hasaka, T.P., Baas, P.W.,. Microtubule Transport in the Axon: Re-thinking a Potential Role for the Actin Cytoskeleton. Neuroscientist 12(2):1–12, 2006. PDF
Baas, P.W., Nadar, C.V., Myers, K.A., . Axonal Transport of Microtubules: the Long and Short of It. Traffic 2006; 7: 490–498. PDF
Ahmad, F.J., He, Y., Myers, K.A., Hasaka ,T.P., Francis, F., Black, M.M., Baas, P.W. Effects of Dynactin Disruption and Dynein Depletion on Axonal Microtubules. Traffic. 2006 May; 7(5): 524-37. PDF
Baas, P.W., A. Karabay, and L. Qiang. 2005. Microtubules cut and run. Trends Cell Biol 15: 518-524. PDF
Yu, W., J. M. Solowska, L. Qiang, A. Karabay, D. Baird, and P. W. Baas. 2005. Regulation of Microtubule Severing by Katanin Subunits during Neuronal Development. The Journal of Neuroscience 2005 25(23):5573–5583. PDF
Baas, P.W., and L. Qiang. 2005. Neuronal Microtubules: When the MAP is the Roadblock. Trends Cell Biol 2005 15: 183-187. PDF
He, Y., F. Frances, K.A. Myers, M. Black, and P.W. Baas. 2005. Role of Cytoplasmic Dynein in the Axonal Transport of Microtubules and Neurofilaments. J Cell Biol 2005 168: 697-703. PDF
Hasaka, T.P., K.A. Myers, and P.W. Baas. 2004. Role of Actin Filaments in the Axonal Transport of Microtubules. J Neurosci 2004 24: 11291-11301. PDF
Karabay, A., W. Yu, J.M. Solowska, D.H. Baird, and P.W. Baas. 2004. Axonal Growth is Sensitive to the Levels of Katanin, a Protein that Severs Microtubules. J Neurosci 2004 24: 5778-5788. PDF
Baird, D.H., K.A. Myers, M. Mogensen, D. Moss, and P.W. Baas. 2004. Distribution of the Microtubule-Related Protein Ninein in Developing Neurons. Neuropharm 2004 47: 677-683. PDF
Haque , S.A. , T.P. Hasaka, A.D. Brooks , P.V. Lobanov, and P.W. Baas. 2004. Monastrol, a Prototype Anti-Cancer Drug that Inhibits a Mitotic Kinesin, Induces Rapid Bursts of Axonal Outgrowth from Cultured Postmitotic Neurons. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 2004 58: 10-16. PDF
Baas, P.W., and D.W. Buster. 2004. Slow Axonal Transport and the Genesis of Neuronal Morphology. J Neurobiol 2004 58: 3-17. PDF
Buster, D.W., D.H. Baird, W. Yu, J.M. Solowaska, M. Chauviere, A. Mazurek, M. Kress, and P.W. Baas. 2003. Expression of the Mitotic Kinesin Kif15 in Postmitotic Neurons: Implication for Neuronal Migration and Development. J Neurocytol 2003 32: 79-96. PDF
He, Y., W. Yu, and P.W. Baas. 2002. Microtubule Reconfiguration during Retraction induced by Nitric Oxide. J Neurosci 2002 22: 5982-5991. PDF
Yu, W., C. Ling and P.W. Baas. 2001. Microtubule Reconfiguration during Axogenesis. J Neurocytol 2001 30: 861-875. PDF
Baas, P.W. 2002. Neuronal polarity: microtubules strike back. Nature Cell Biology 4: E194-E195.
He, Y., W. Yu, and P.W. Baas. 2002. Microtubule reconfiguration during axonal retraction induced by nitric oxide. Journal of Neuroscience 22: 5982-5991.PDF
Baas, P.W. 2002. Microtubule transport in the axon. International Review of Cytology 212: 41-62.
Yu, W., C. Ling, and P.W. Baas. 2001. Microtubule reconfiguration during axogenesis. J. Neurocytol. 30: 861-875.
Baas, P.W., and L. Luo. 2001. Signaling at the growth cone: the scientific progeny of Cajal meet in Madrid. Neuron 32: 981-984.PDF
Baas, P.W., F. J. Ahmad. 2001. Force generation by cytoskeletal motor proteins as a regulator of axonal elongation and retraction. Trends in Cell Biology 11: 244-249. PDF
Yu, W., C. Cook, C. Sauter, R. Kuriyama, P.L. Kaplan, and P.W. Baas. 2000. Depeletion of a microtubule-associated motor protein induces the loss of dendritic identity. J. Neurosci. 20: 5782-5781. PDF
Baas, P.W. 2000. Elaboration of the Axonal Microtubule Array DuringDevelopment and Regeneration. In Neurobiology of Spinal Cord Injury (R.G.Kalb and S.M. Strittmatter, Editors). Humana Press, Inc., Totowa, NJ. pp.155-167.
Kosik, K.S., Baas, P.W. 1999. Cytoskeleton, neuron. In Elsevier'sEncyclopedia of Neuroscience: Second enlarged and revised edition (G.Adelman and B.H. Smith, Editors). Elsevier Science B.V. pp. 509-516.
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 Biology 2: 276-280. PDF
Dent, E.W., Calloway, J.L., Szebenyi, G., Baas, P.W., and Kalil, K. 1999. Reorganization and movement of microtubules in axonal growth cones and developing interstitial branches. J. Neuroscience 19: 8894-8908. PDF
Ahmad. F.J, W. Yu, F.J. McNally, and P.W. Baas. 1999. An essential role for katanin in severing microtubules in the neuron. J. Cell Biol. 145: 305-315. PDF
Baas, P.W. 1999. Microtubules and neuronal polarity: lessons from mitosis. Neuron 22: 23-31 PDF
Matuliene, J., R. Essner, J.-H. Ryu, Y. Hamaguchi, P.W. Baas, T. Haraguchi, Y. Hiraoka, and R. Kuriyama. 1999. Function of a minus-end-directed kinesin-like motor protein in mammalian cells. J. Cell Sci. 112: 4041-4060. PDF
Ferhat, L., C. Cook, R. Kuriyama, and P.W. Baas. 1998. NuMA is a component of the somatodendritic microtubule arrays of the neuron. J. Neurocytology 27: 887-899. PDF
Baas, P.W. 1998. The role of motor proteins in establishing the microtubule arrays of axons and dendrites. J. Chem. Neuroanat. 14: 175-180.
Ferhat, L., C. Cook, M. Chauviere, M. Harper, M. Kress, G.E. Lyons, and P.W. Baas. 1998. Expression of the mitotic motor protein Eg5 in postmitotic neurons: implications for neuronal development. J. Neurosci. 18: 7822-7835. PDF
Bersu, E.T., F.J. Ahmad, M.J. Schwei, and P.W. Baas. 1998. Cytoplasmic abnormalities in cultured cerebellar neurons from the trisomy 16 mouse. Dev. Brain. Res. 109: 115-120.
Ferhat, L., R. Kuriyama, G.E. Lyons, B. Micales, and P.W. Baas. 1998. Expression of the mitotic motor protein CHO1/MKLP1 in postmitotic neurons. European J. Neurosci. 10: 1383-1393.
Ahmad, F.J., C.J. Echeverri, R.B. Vallee, and P.W. Baas. 1998. Cytoplasmic dynein and dynactin are required for microtubule transport into the axon. J. Cell Biol. 140: 391-402. PDF
Baas, P.W. 1997. A new strategy for studying microtubule assembly and transport during axon growth. In Microinjection and Transgenesis of Cultured Cells and Embryos: Springer Lab Manual. (A. Cid-Arregui, Editor) Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg. pp. 155-170.
Sharp, D.J., W. Yu, L. Ferhat, R. Kuriyama, D.C. Rueger, and P.W. Baas. 1997. Identification of a motor protein essential for dendritic differentiation. J. Cell Biol. 138: 833-843. PDF
Sharp, D.J., R. Kuriyama, and P.W. Baas. 1997. Expression of a minus-end-directed motor protein induces Sf9 cells to form axon-like processes with uniform microtubule polarity orientation. J. Cell Sci. 110: 2373-2380. PDF
Baas, P.W., and A. Brown. 1997. Slow axonal transport: the polymer transport model. Trends in Cell Biology 7: 380-384. PDF
Lunn, K.F., P.W. Baas, and I.D. Duncan. 1997. Microtubule organization and stability in the oligodendrocyte. J. Neurosci. 17: 4921-4932. PDF
Yu, W., D.J. Sharp, R. Kuriyama, P. Malak, and P.W. Baas. 1997. Inhibition of a mitotic motor compromises the formation of dendrite-like processes from neuroblastoma cells. J. Cell Biol. 136: 659-668. PDF
Baas, P.W. 1997. Microtubules and axon growth. Current Opinion in Cell Biology 9: 29-36.
Wang, J., W. Yu, P.W. Baas, and M.M. Black. 1996. Microtubule assembly in growing dendrites. J. Neurosci. 16: 6065-6078. PDF
Sharp, D.J., R. Kuriyama, and P.W. Baas. 1996. Expression of a kinesin-related motor protein in Sf9 cells induces them to extend dendrite-like processes with nonuniform microtubule polarity orientation. J. Neurosci. 16: 4370-4375. PDF
Baas, P.W., and W. Yu. 1996. A composite model for establishing the microtubule arrays of the neuron. Molecular Neurobiology 12: 145-161.
Baas, P.W. 1996. The neuronal centrosome as a generator of microtubules for the axon. Current Topics in Developmental Biology 33: 281-298.
Haendel, M.A., K.E. Bollinger, and P.W. Baas. 1996. Cytoskeletal alterations during neurogenesis in cultures of avian neural crest cells. J. Neurocytology 25: 289-301.
LeClerc, N., P.W. Baas, C.C. Garner, and K.S. Kosik. 1996. Juvenile and mature MAP2 isoforms induce distinct patterns of process outgrowth. Mol. Biol. Cell 7: 443-455.
Yu, W., M.J. Schwei, and P.W. Baas. 1996. Microtubule transport and assembly during axon growth. J. Cell Biol. 133: 151-157.
Yu, W., and P.W. Baas. 1995. The growth of the axon is not dependent upon net microtubule asssembly at its distal tip. J. Neurosci. 15: 6827-6833.
Ahmad, F.J., and P.W. Baas. 1995. Microtubule released from the neuronal centrosome are transported into the axon. J. Cell Sci. 108: 2761-2769. PDF
Sharp, D.J., W. Yu, and P.W. Baas. 1995. Transport of dendritic microtubules establishes their nonuniform polarity orientatation. J. Cell Biol. 130: 93-104.
Gross, S.D., D.P. Hoffman, P.W. Baas, and R.A. Anderson. 1995. Casein kinase I localizes to small synaptic vesicles and is regulated by phosphatidylinositol-4-5-bisphosphate. J. Cell Biol. 130: 711-724.
Yu, W., F.J. Ahmad, and P.W. Baas. 1994. Microtubule fragmentation and partitioning in the axon during collateral branch formation. J. Neurosci. 14: 5872-5884.
Lustig, R.H., P. Hua, W. Yu, F.J. Ahmad, and P.W. Baas. 1994. An in vitro model for the effects of estrogen on neurons employing estrogen receptor-transfected PC12 cells. J. Neurosci. 14: 3945-3957.
Yu, W., and P.W. Baas. 1994. Changes in microtubule number and length during axon differentiation. J. Neurosci. 14: 2818-2829.
Ahmad, F.J., H.C. Joshi, V.E. Centonze, and P.W. Baas. 1994. Inhibition of microtubule nucleation at the neuronal centrosome compromises axon growth. Neuron 12: 271-280.
Baas, P.W., T.P. Pienkowski, K.A. Cimbalnik, K. Toyama, S. Bakalis, F.J. Ahmad, and K.S. Kosik. 1994. Tau confers drug-stability but not cold-stability to microtubules in living cells. J. Cell Sci. 107: 135-143.
Yu, W., V.E. Centonze, F.J. Ahmad, and P.W. Baas. 1993. Microtubule nucleation and release from the neuronal centrosome. J. Cell Biol. 122: 349-359.
Joshi, H.C., and P.W. Baas. 1993. A new perspective on microtubules and axon growth. J. Cell Biol. 121: 1191-1196.
Baas, P.W., and F.J. Ahmad. 1993. The transport properties of axonal microtubules establish their polarity orientation. J. Cell Biol. 120: 1427-1437.
Le Clerc, N., K.S. Kosik, N. Cowan, T.P. Pienkowski, and P.W. Baas. 1993. Process formation in Sf9 cells induced by the expression of a MAP2C-like construct. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90: 6223-6227.
Ahmad, F.J., T.P. Pienkowski, and P.W. Baas. 1993. Regional differences in microtubule dynamics in the axon. J. Neurosci. 13: 856-866.
Baas, P.W., F.J. Ahmad, T.P. Pienkowski, A. Brown, and M.M. Black. 1993. Sites of microtubule stabilization for the axon. J. Neurosci. 13: 2177-2185.
Baas, P.W., and H.C. Joshi. 1992. Gamma-tubulin distribution in the neuron: implications for the origins of neuritic microtubules. J. Cell Biol. 119: 171-178.
Whitlon, D.S., and P.W. Baas. 1992. Improved methods for the use of glass coverslips in cell culture and electron microscopy. J. Histochem. Cytochem. 40: 875-877.
Baas, P.W., and F.J. Ahmad. 1992. The plus ends of stable microtubules are the exclusive microtubule nuceating structures in the axon. J. Cell Biol. 116: 1231-1241.
Baas, P.W., T.P. Pienkowski, and K.S. Kosik. 1991. Processes induced by tau expression in Sf9 cells have an axon-like microtubule organization. J. Cell Biol. 115: 1333-1344.
Baas, P.W., T. Slaughter, A. Brown and M.M. Black. 1991. Microtubule dynamics in axons and dendrites. J. Neurosci. Res. 30:134-153.
Baas, P.W., and M.M. Black. 1990. Individual microtubules in the axon consist of domains that differ in both composition and stability. J. Cell Biol. 111: 495-509.
Baas, P.W., M.M. Black, and G.A Banker. 1989. Changes in microtubule polarity orientation during the development of hippocampal neurons in culture. J. Cell Biol. 109: 3085-3094.
Baas, P.W., and M.M. Black. 1989. Compartmentation of alpha tubulin in the neuron: identification of a somatodendritic-specific variant of alpha-tubulin. Neuroscience 30: 795-803.
Black, M.M., and P.W. Baas. 1989. The basis of polarity in the neuron. Trends in Neurosci. 12: 211-214.
Black, M.M., P.W. Baas, and S. Humphries. 1989. Dynamics of alpha tubulin deacetylation in cultured neurons. J. Neurosci. 9: 358-368.
Baas, P.W., J.S. Deitch, M.M. Black, and G.A. Banker. 1988. Polarity orientation of microtubules in hippocampal neurons: uniformity in the axon and nonuniformity in the dendrite. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85: 8335-8339.
Sinclair, G.I., P.W. Baas, and S.R. Heidemann. 1988. Role of microtubules in the cytoplasmic compartmentation of neurons. II. endocytosis in the growth cone and neurite shaft. Brain Res. 450: 60-68.
Baas, P.W., G.I. Sinclair, and S.R. Heidemann. 1987. Role of microtubules in the cytoplasmic compartmentation of neurons. Brain Res. 420: 73-81.
White, L.A., P.W. Baas, and S.R. Heidemann. 1987. Microtubule stability in severed axons. J. Neurocytol. 16: 775-784.
Baas, P.W., L.A. White, and S.R. Heidemann. 1987. Microtubule polarity reversal accompanies regrowth of amputated neurites. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 84: 5272-5276.
Joshi, H.C., P. Baas, D.T. Chu, and S.R. Heidemann. 1986. The cytoskeleton of neurites after microtubule depolymerization. Exp. Cell Res. 163: 233-245.
Baas, P.W., and S.R. Heidemann. 1986. Microtubule reassembly from nucleating fragments during the regrowth of amputated neurites. J. Cell Biol. 103: 917-927.