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George B. Witman - Publications

Affiliations: 
1967-1972 Biology Yale University, New Haven, CT 
 1972-1973 University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 
 1973-1974 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI 
 1981-1997 Cell Biology Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology 
 1997-2021 Cell Biology UMass Chan Medical School 
Website:
https://www.umassmed.edu/witmanlab/

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2024 Patel MB, Griffin PJ, Olson SF, Dai J, Hou Y, Malik T, Das P, Zhang G, Zhao W, Witman GB, Lechtreck KF. Distribution and bulk flow analyses of the intraflagellar transport (IFT) motor kinesin-2 support an "on-demand" model for Chlamydomonas ciliary length control. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.). PMID 38456596 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21851  0.794
2022 Hou Y, Cheng X, Witman GB. Direct in situ protein tagging in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii utilizing TIM, a method for CRISPR/Cas9-based targeted insertional mutagenesis. Plos One. 17: e0278972. PMID 36490276 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0278972  0.717
2022 Braschi B, Omran H, Witman GB, Pazour GJ, Pfister KK, Bruford EA, King SM. Consensus nomenclature for dyneins and associated assembly factors. The Journal of Cell Biology. 221. PMID 35006274 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202109014  0.786
2021 Cai K, Zhao Y, Zhao L, Phan N, Hou Y, Cheng X, Witman GB, Nicastro D. Structural organization of the C1b projection within the ciliary central apparatus. Journal of Cell Science. PMID 34651179 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.254227  0.729
2021 Hou Y, Zhao L, Kubo T, Cheng X, McNeill N, Oda T, Witman GB. Chlamydomonas FAP70 is a component of the previously uncharacterized ciliary central apparatus projection C2a. Journal of Cell Science. PMID 33988244 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.258540  0.784
2020 Van De Weghe JC, Harris JA, Kubo T, Witman GB, Lechtreck KF. Diffusion rather than IFT likely provides most of the tubulin required for axonemal assembly. Journal of Cell Science. PMID 32801124 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.249805  0.792
2020 Picariello T, Hou Y, Kubo T, McNeill NA, Yanagisawa HA, Oda T, Witman GB. TIM, a targeted insertional mutagenesis method utilizing CRISPR/Cas9 in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plos One. 15: e0232594. PMID 32401787 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232594  0.769
2020 Zhao L, Hou Y, McNeill NA, Witman GB. The unity and diversity of the ciliary central apparatus. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 375: 20190164. PMID 31884923 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0164  0.746
2019 Fu G, Zhao L, Dymek E, Hou Y, Song K, Phan N, Shang Z, Smith EF, Witman GB, Nicastro D. Structural organization of the C1a-e-c supercomplex within the ciliary central apparatus. The Journal of Cell Biology. PMID 31672705 DOI: 10.1083/Jcb.201906006  0.716
2019 Zhao L, Hou Y, Picariello T, Craige B, Witman GB. Proteome of the central apparatus of a ciliary axoneme. The Journal of Cell Biology. PMID 31092556 DOI: 10.1083/Jcb.201902017  0.767
2019 Picariello T, Brown JM, Hou Y, Swank G, Cochran DA, King OD, Lechtreck K, Pazour GJ, Witman GB. A global analysis of IFT-A function reveals specialization for transport of membrane-associated proteins into cilia. Journal of Cell Science. PMID 30659111 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.220749  0.812
2018 Kubo T, Hou Y, Cochran DA, Witman GB, Oda T. A microtubule-dynein tethering complex regulates the axonemal inner dynein(I1). Molecular Biology of the Cell. PMID 29540525 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E17-11-0689  0.808
2017 Hou Y, Witman GB. The N-terminus of IFT46 mediates intraflagellar transport of outer arm dynein and its cargo-adaptor ODA16. Molecular Biology of the Cell. PMID 28701346 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E17-03-0172  0.755
2017 Wingfield JL, Mengoni I, Bomberger H, Jiang YY, Walsh JD, Brown JM, Picariello T, Cochran DA, Zhu B, Pan J, Eggenschwiler J, Gaertig J, Witman GB, Kner P, Lechtreck K. IFT trains in different stages of assembly queue at the ciliary base for consecutive release into the cilium. Elife. 6. PMID 28562242 DOI: 10.7554/Elife.26609  0.778
2017 Brown JM, Mosley M, Montes-Berrueta D, Hou Y, Yang F, Scarbrough C, Witman GB, Wirschell M. Characterization of a new oda3 allele, oda3-6, defective in assembly of the outer dynein arm-docking complex in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plos One. 12: e0173842. PMID 28291812 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173842  0.797
2016 Kubo T, Brown JM, Bellve K, Craige B, Craft JM, Fogarty K, Lechtreck KF, Witman GB. The IFT81 and IFT74 N-termini together form the major module for intraflagellar transport of tubulin. Journal of Cell Science. PMID 27068536 DOI: 10.1242/Jcs.187120  0.798
2016 Schmidts M, Hou Y, Cortés CR, Mans DA, Huber C, Boldt K, Patel M, van Reeuwijk J, Plaza JM, van Beersum SE, Yap ZM, Letteboer SJ, Taylor SP, Herridge W, Johnson CA, ... ... Witman GB, et al. Corrigendum: TCTEX1D2 mutations underlie Jeune asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy with impaired retrograde intraflagellar transport. Nature Communications. 7: 11270. PMID 27021811 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11270  0.748
2015 San Agustin JT, Pazour GJ, Witman GB. Intraflagellar transport is essential for mammalian spermiogenesis but is absent in mature sperm. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 26: 4358-72. PMID 26424803 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E15-08-0578  0.75
2015 Yang TT, Su J, Wang WJ, Craige B, Witman GB, Tsou MF, Liao JC. Superresolution Pattern Recognition Reveals the Architectural Map of the Ciliary Transition Zone. Scientific Reports. 5: 14096. PMID 26365165 DOI: 10.1038/Srep14096  0.765
2015 McKenzie CW, Craige B, Kroeger TV, Finn R, Wyatt TA, Sisson JH, Pavlik JA, Strittmatter L, Hendricks GM, Witman GB, Lee L. CFAP54 is required for proper ciliary motility and assembly of the central pair apparatus in mice. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 26: 3140-9. PMID 26224312 DOI: 10.1091/Mbc.E15-02-0121  0.76
2015 Kubo T, Hirono M, Aikawa T, Kamiya R, Witman GB. Reduced tubulin polyglutamylation suppresses flagellar shortness in Chlamydomonas. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 26: 2810-22. PMID 26085508 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E15-03-0182  0.767
2015 Awata J, Song K, Lin J, King SM, Sanderson MJ, Nicastro D, Witman GB. DRC3 connects the N-DRC to dynein g to regulate flagellar waveform. Molecular Biology of the Cell. PMID 26063732 DOI: 10.1091/Mbc.E15-01-0018  0.79
2015 Brown JM, Cochran DA, Craige B, Kubo T, Witman GB. Assembly of IFT Trains at the Ciliary Base Depends on IFT74. Current Biology : Cb. 25: 1583-93. PMID 26051893 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2015.04.060  0.805
2015 Schmidts M, Hou Y, Cortés CR, Mans DA, Huber C, Boldt K, Patel M, van Reeuwijk J, Plaza JM, van Beersum SE, Yap ZM, Letteboer SJ, Taylor SP, Herridge W, Johnson CA, ... ... Witman GB, et al. TCTEX1D2 mutations underlie Jeune asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy with impaired retrograde intraflagellar transport. Nature Communications. 6: 7074. PMID 26044572 DOI: 10.1038/Ncomms8074  0.775
2015 Damerla RR, Cui C, Gabriel GC, Liu X, Craige B, Gibbs BC, Francis R, Li Y, Chatterjee B, San Agustin JT, Eguether T, Subramanian R, Witman GB, Michaud JL, Pazour GJ, et al. Novel Jbts17 mutant mouse model of Joubert syndrome with cilia transition zone defects and cerebellar and other ciliopathy related anomalies. Human Molecular Genetics. 24: 3994-4005. PMID 25877302 DOI: 10.1093/Hmg/Ddv137  0.794
2015 Hou Y, Witman GB. Dynein and intraflagellar transport. Experimental Cell Research. 334: 26-34. PMID 25725253 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2015.02.017  0.685
2015 Song K, Awata J, Tritschler D, Bower R, Witman GB, Porter ME, Nicastro D. In situ localization of N and C termini of subunits of the flagellar nexin-dynein regulatory complex (N-DRC) using SNAP tag and cryo-electron tomography. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290: 5341-53. PMID 25564608 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M114.626556  0.8
2014 Brown JM, Witman GB. Cilia and Diseases. Bioscience. 64: 1126-1137. PMID 25960570 DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biu174  0.677
2014 Craige B, Witman GB. Flipping a phosphate switch on kinesin-II to turn IFT around. Developmental Cell. 30: 492-3. PMID 25203204 DOI: 10.1016/J.Devcel.2014.08.019  0.758
2014 Awata J, Takada S, Standley C, Lechtreck KF, Bellvé KD, Pazour GJ, Fogarty KE, Witman GB. NPHP4 controls ciliary trafficking of membrane proteins and large soluble proteins at the transition zone. Journal of Cell Science. 127: 4714-27. PMID 25150219 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.155275  0.795
2014 Owa M, Furuta A, Usukura J, Arisaka F, King SM, Witman GB, Kamiya R, Wakabayashi K. Cooperative binding of the outer arm-docking complex underlies the regular arrangement of outer arm dynein in the axoneme. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111: 9461-6. PMID 24979786 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1403101111  0.681
2014 Johnson EA, Rice SL, Preimesberger MR, Nye DB, Gilevicius L, Wenke BB, Brown JM, Witman GB, Lecomte JT. Characterization of THB1, a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii truncated hemoglobin: linkage to nitrogen metabolism and identification of lysine as the distal heme ligand. Biochemistry. 53: 4573-89. PMID 24964018 DOI: 10.1021/bi5005206  0.699
2014 Blaby IK, Blaby-Haas CE, Tourasse N, Hom EF, Lopez D, Aksoy M, Grossman A, Umen J, Dutcher S, Porter M, King S, Witman GB, Stanke M, Harris EH, Goodstein D, et al. The Chlamydomonas genome project: a decade on. Trends in Plant Science. 19: 672-80. PMID 24950814 DOI: 10.1016/J.Tplants.2014.05.008  0.642
2013 Lechtreck KF, Gould TJ, Witman GB. Flagellar central pair assembly in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Cilia. 2: 15. PMID 24283352 DOI: 10.1186/2046-2530-2-15  0.583
2013 Craige B, Brown JM, Witman GB. Isolation of Chlamydomonas flagella. Current Protocols in Cell Biology / Editorial Board, Juan S. Bonifacino ... [Et Al.]. Unit 3.41.1-9. PMID 23728744 DOI: 10.1002/0471143030.Cb0341S59  0.752
2013 Lechtreck KF, Brown JM, Sampaio JL, Craft JM, Shevchenko A, Evans JE, Witman GB. Cycling of the signaling protein phospholipase D through cilia requires the BBSome only for the export phase. The Journal of Cell Biology. 201: 249-61. PMID 23589493 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201207139  0.818
2013 Ludington WB, Wemmer KA, Lechtreck KF, Witman GB, Marshall WF. Avalanche-like behavior in ciliary import. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110: 3925-30. PMID 23431147 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1217354110  0.797
2012 Engel BD, Ishikawa H, Wemmer KA, Geimer S, Wakabayashi K, Hirono M, Craige B, Pazour GJ, Witman GB, Kamiya R, Marshall WF. The role of retrograde intraflagellar transport in flagellar assembly, maintenance, and function. The Journal of Cell Biology. 199: 151-67. PMID 23027906 DOI: 10.1083/Jcb.201206068  0.82
2012 Brown JM, Dipetrillo CG, Smith EF, Witman GB. A FAP46 mutant provides new insights into the function and assembly of the C1d complex of the ciliary central apparatus. Journal of Cell Science. 125: 3904-13. PMID 22573824 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.107151  0.706
2011 Hom EF, Witman GB, Harris EH, Dutcher SK, Kamiya R, Mitchell DR, Pazour GJ, Porter ME, Sale WS, Wirschell M, Yagi T, King SM. A unified taxonomy for ciliary dyneins. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.). 68: 555-65. PMID 21953912 DOI: 10.1002/Cm.20533  0.807
2011 Yang Y, Cochran DA, Gargano MD, King I, Samhat NK, Burger BP, Sabourin KR, Hou Y, Awata J, Parry DA, Marshall WF, Witman GB, Lu X. Regulation of flagellar motility by the conserved flagellar protein CG34110/Ccdc135/FAP50. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 22: 976-87. PMID 21289096 DOI: 10.1091/Mbc.E10-04-0331  0.811
2010 Craige B, Tsao CC, Diener DR, Hou Y, Lechtreck KF, Rosenbaum JL, Witman GB. CEP290 tethers flagellar transition zone microtubules to the membrane and regulates flagellar protein content. The Journal of Cell Biology. 190: 927-40. PMID 20819941 DOI: 10.1083/Jcb.201006105  0.811
2009 Engel BD, Lechtreck KF, Sakai T, Ikebe M, Witman GB, Marshall WF. Total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy of Chlamydomonas flagella. Methods in Cell Biology. 93: 157-77. PMID 20409817 DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(08)93009-0  0.664
2009 Lechtreck KF, Sanderson MJ, Witman GB. High-speed digital imaging of ependymal cilia in the murine brain. Methods in Cell Biology. 91: 255-64. PMID 20409790 DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(08)91013-X  0.507
2009 Lechtreck KF, Johnson EC, Sakai T, Cochran D, Ballif BA, Rush J, Pazour GJ, Ikebe M, Witman GB. The Chlamydomonas reinhardtii BBSome is an IFT cargo required for export of specific signaling proteins from flagella. The Journal of Cell Biology. 187: 1117-32. PMID 20038682 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200909183  0.769
2009 Wirschell M, Yang C, Yang P, Fox L, Yanagisawa HA, Kamiya R, Witman GB, Porter ME, Sale WS. IC97 is a novel intermediate chain of I1 dynein that interacts with tubulin and regulates interdoublet sliding. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 20: 3044-54. PMID 19420136 DOI: 10.1091/Mbc.E09-04-0276  0.532
2009 Lechtreck KF, Luro S, Awata J, Witman GB. HA-tagging of putative flagellar proteins in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii identifies a novel protein of intraflagellar transport complex B. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 66: 469-82. PMID 19382199 DOI: 10.1002/cm.20369  0.829
2008 Lechtreck KF, Delmotte P, Robinson ML, Sanderson MJ, Witman GB. Mutations in Hydin impair ciliary motility in mice. The Journal of Cell Biology. 180: 633-43. PMID 18250199 DOI: 10.1083/Jcb.200710162  0.616
2007 Huang K, Diener DR, Mitchell A, Pazour GJ, Witman GB, Rosenbaum JL. Function and dynamics of PKD2 in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii flagella. The Journal of Cell Biology. 179: 501-14. PMID 17984324 DOI: 10.1083/Jcb.200704069  0.814
2007 Merchant SS, Prochnik SE, Vallon O, Harris EH, Karpowicz SJ, Witman GB, Terry A, Salamov A, Fritz-Laylin LK, Maréchal-Drouard L, Marshall WF, Qu LH, Nelson DR, Sanderfoot AA, Spalding MH, et al. The Chlamydomonas genome reveals the evolution of key animal and plant functions. Science (New York, N.Y.). 318: 245-50. PMID 17932292 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1143609  0.778
2007 Hou Y, Qin H, Follit JA, Pazour GJ, Rosenbaum JL, Witman GB. Functional analysis of an individual IFT protein: IFT46 is required for transport of outer dynein arms into flagella. The Journal of Cell Biology. 176: 653-65. PMID 17312020 DOI: 10.1083/Jcb.200608041  0.828
2007 Lechtreck KF, Witman GB. Chlamydomonas reinhardtii hydin is a central pair protein required for flagellar motility. The Journal of Cell Biology. 176: 473-82. PMID 17296796 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200611115  0.635
2006 Yang P, Diener DR, Yang C, Kohno T, Pazour GJ, Dienes JM, Agrin NS, King SM, Sale WS, Kamiya R, Rosenbaum JL, Witman GB. Radial spoke proteins of Chlamydomonas flagella. Journal of Cell Science. 119: 1165-74. PMID 16507594 DOI: 10.1242/Jcs.02811  0.818
2005 Pfister KK, Fisher EM, Gibbons IR, Hays TS, Holzbaur EL, McIntosh JR, Porter ME, Schroer TA, Vaughan KT, Witman GB, King SM, Vallee RB. Cytoplasmic dynein nomenclature. The Journal of Cell Biology. 171: 411-3. PMID 16260502 DOI: 10.1083/Jcb.200508078  0.709
2005 DiBella LM, Gorbatyuk O, Sakato M, Wakabayashi K, Patel-King RS, Pazour GJ, Witman GB, King SM. Differential light chain assembly influences outer arm dynein motor function. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 16: 5661-74. PMID 16195342 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E05-08-0732  0.784
2005 Pazour GJ, Agrin N, Leszyk J, Witman GB. Proteomic analysis of a eukaryotic cilium. The Journal of Cell Biology. 170: 103-13. PMID 15998802 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200504008  0.739
2004 Wang H, San Agustin JT, Witman GB, Kilpatrick DL. Novel role for a sterol response element binding protein in directing spermatogenic cell-specific gene expression. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 24: 10681-8. PMID 15572673 DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.24.10681-10688.2004  0.559
2004 Jurczyk A, Gromley A, Redick S, San Agustin J, Witman G, Pazour GJ, Peters DJ, Doxsey S. Pericentrin forms a complex with intraflagellar transport proteins and polycystin-2 and is required for primary cilia assembly. The Journal of Cell Biology. 166: 637-43. PMID 15337773 DOI: 10.1083/Jcb.200405023  0.757
2004 Hou Y, Pazour GJ, Witman GB. A dynein light intermediate chain, D1bLIC, is required for retrograde intraflagellar transport. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 15: 4382-94. PMID 15269286 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E04-05-0377  0.805
2004 Wirschell M, Pazour G, Yoda A, Hirono M, Kamiya R, Witman GB. Oda5p, a novel axonemal protein required for assembly of the outer dynein arm and an associated adenylate kinase. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 15: 2729-41. PMID 15064350 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E03-11-0820  0.742
2004 Wang S, Luo Y, Wilson PD, Witman GB, Zhou J. The autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease protein is localized to primary cilia, with concentration in the basal body area. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Jasn. 15: 592-602. PMID 14978161 DOI: 10.1097/01.ASN.0000113793.12558.1D  0.566
2003 Witman GB. Cell motility: deaf Drosophila keep the beat. Current Biology : Cb. 13: R796-8. PMID 14561418  0.635
2003 Casey DM, Inaba K, Pazour GJ, Takada S, Wakabayashi K, Wilkerson CG, Kamiya R, Witman GB. DC3, the 21-kDa subunit of the outer dynein arm-docking complex (ODA-DC), is a novel EF-hand protein important for assembly of both the outer arm and the ODA-DC. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 14: 3650-63. PMID 12972554 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E03-01-0057  0.777
2003 Casey DM, Yagi T, Kamiya R, Witman GB. DC3, the smallest subunit of the Chlamydomonas flagellar outer dynein arm-docking complex, is a redox-sensitive calcium-binding protein. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278: 42652-9. PMID 12920131 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M303064200  0.592
2003 Pazour GJ, Witman GB. The vertebrate primary cilium is a sensory organelle. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 15: 105-10. PMID 12517711  0.683
2002 Rosenbaum JL, Witman GB. Intraflagellar transport. Nature Reviews. Molecular Cell Biology. 3: 813-25. PMID 12415299 DOI: 10.1038/nrm952  0.764
2002 Pazour GJ, San Agustin JT, Follit JA, Rosenbaum JL, Witman GB. Polycystin-2 localizes to kidney cilia and the ciliary level is elevated in orpk mice with polycystic kidney disease. Current Biology : Cb. 12: R378-80. PMID 12062067 DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00877-1  0.759
2002 Pazour GJ, Baker SA, Deane JA, Cole DG, Dickert BL, Rosenbaum JL, Witman GB, Besharse JC. The intraflagellar transport protein, IFT88, is essential for vertebrate photoreceptor assembly and maintenance. The Journal of Cell Biology. 157: 103-13. PMID 11916979 DOI: 10.1083/Jcb.200107108  0.82
2002 Takada S, Wilkerson CG, Wakabayashi K, Kamiya R, Witman GB. The outer dynein arm-docking complex: composition and characterization of a subunit (oda1) necessary for outer arm assembly. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 13: 1015-29. PMID 11907279 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.01-04-0201  0.802
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