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Lea Alford

  • Department of Cell Biology
    Adjunct Assistant Professor
  • (404) 727-6265
  • lea.m.alford@emory.edu

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  • Assembly of FAP93 at the proximal axoneme in Chlamydomonas cilia.
    Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) Volume: 81 Page(s): 539 - 555
    11/01/2024 Authors: Hwang J; Yanagisawa H; Davis KC; Hunter EL; Fox LA; Jimenez AR; Goodwin RE; Gordon SA; Stuart CDE; Bower R
  • Chlamydomonas ARMC2/PF27 is an obligate cargo adapter for intraflagellar transport of radial spokes.
    Elife Volume: 11
    01/04/2022 Authors: Lechtreck KF; Liu Y; Dai J; Alkhofash RA; Butler J; Alford L; Yang P
  • The IDA3 adapter, required for intraflagellar transport of I1 dynein, is regulated by ciliary length.
    Mol Biol Cell Volume: 29 Page(s): 886 - 896
    04/15/2018 Authors: Hunter EL; Lechtreck K; Fu G; Hwang J; Lin H; Gokhale A; Alford LM; Lewis B; Yamamoto R; Kamiya R
  • Chlamydomonas DYX1C1/PF23 is essential for axonemal assembly and proper morphology of inner dynein arms.
    PLoS Genet Volume: 13 Page(s): e1006996
    09/01/2017 Authors: Yamamoto R; Obbineni JM; Alford LM; Ide T; Owa M; Hwang J; Kon T; Inaba K; James N; King SM
  • The nexin link and B-tubule glutamylation maintain the alignment of outer doublets in the ciliary axoneme.
    Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) Volume: 73 Page(s): 331 - 340
    06/01/2016 Authors: Alford LM; Stoddard D; Li JH; Hunter EL; Tritschler D; Bower R; Nicastro D; Porter ME; Sale WS
  • Analysis of Axonemal Assembly During Ciliary Regeneration in Chlamydomonas.
    Methods Mol Biol Volume: 1454 Page(s): 237 - 243
    01/01/2016 Authors: Hunter EL; Sale WS; Alford LM
  • FAP206 is a microtubule-docking adapter for ciliary radial spoke 2 and dynein c.
    Mol Biol Cell Volume: 26 Page(s): 696 - 710
    02/15/2015 Authors: Vasudevan KK; Song K; Alford LM; Sale WS; Dymek EE; Smith EF; Hennessey T; Joachimiak E; Urbanska P; Wloga D
  • Kinesin-13 regulates the quantity and quality of tubulin inside cilia.
    Mol Biol Cell Volume: 26 Page(s): 478 - 494
    02/01/2015 Authors: Vasudevan KK; Jiang Y-Y; Lechtreck KF; Kushida Y; Alford LM; Sale WS; Hennessey T; Gaertig J
  • The ciliary inner dynein arm, I1 dynein, is assembled in the cytoplasm and transported by IFT before axonemal docking.
    Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) Volume: 71 Page(s): 573 - 586
    10/01/2014 Authors: Viswanadha R; Hunter EL; Yamamoto R; Wirschell M; Alford LM; Dutcher SK; Sale WS
  • The Chlamydomonas mutant pf27 reveals novel features of ciliary radial spoke assembly.
    Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) Volume: 70 Page(s): 804 - 818
    12/01/2013 Authors: Alford LM; Mattheyses AL; Hunter EL; Lin H; Dutcher SK; Sale WS
  • Polar expansion during cytokinesis.
    Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) Volume: 69 Page(s): 1000 - 1009
    11/01/2012 Authors: Gudejko HFM; Alford LM; Burgess DR
  • Regulation of ciliary motility: conserved protein kinases and phosphatases are targeted and anchored in the ciliary axoneme.
    Arch Biochem Biophys Volume: 510 Page(s): 93 - 100
    06/15/2011 Authors: Wirschell M; Yamamoto R; Alford L; Gokhale A; Gaillard A; Sale WS
  • Cell polarity emerges at first cleavage in sea urchin embryos.
    Dev Biol Volume: 330 Page(s): 12 - 20
    06/01/2009 Authors: Alford LM; Ng MM; Burgess DR
  • Cytokinesis: a new lipid aboard the raft.
    Curr Biol Volume: 18 Page(s): R921 - R923
    10/14/2008 Authors: Alford LM; Burgess DR
  • An extended anaphase signaling pathway for Mad2p includes microtubule organizing center proteins and multiple motor-dependent transitions.
    Cell Cycle Volume: 5 Page(s): 1456 - 1463
    07/01/2006 Authors: Mayer C; Filopei J; Batac J; Alford L; Paluh JL
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