Submitted and Published Papers
Full list of publications can be found here. Select publications appear below.
INVITED REVIEW
2025
Kim, D.H., Boby, S.E., Redpath, G.M.I*, Ananthanarayanan, V*. Driving cancer: Motor and adaptor protein dysregulation in endocytic receptor signalling. Current Opinion in Cell Biology 97, 102598 – PDF
RESEARCH ARTICLE
2025
Chacko, L.A., Nakaoka, H., Morris, R.G., Marshall, W.F., Ananthanarayanan, V*. Mitochondrial function regulates cell growth kinetics to maintain mitochondrial homeostasis. Current Biology 35(21), 5278-5288.e4 – PDF
RESEARCH ARTICLE
2024
Tirumala, A.T., Redpath, G.M., Skerhut, S.V., Dolai, P., Kaushik, N.K., Ariotti, N., Kumar, K.V., and Ananthanarayanan, V.* Single molecule Imaging of stochastic interactions that drive dynein activation and cargo movement in cells. Journal of Cell Biology – PDF
INVITED REVIEW
2023
Redpath, G.M. and Ananthanarayanan, V.* Endosomal sorting sorted – motors, adaptors and lessons from in vitro and cellular studies. Journal of Cell Science – PDF
INVITED REVIEW
2023
Ul Fatima, N. and Ananthanarayanan, V.* Mitochondrial movers and shapers: Recent insights into regulators of fission. fusion and transport. Current Opinion in Cell Biology – PDF
RESEARCH ARTICLE
2023
Chacko, L.A. , Mikus, F. , Ariotti, N. , Dey, G. and Ananthanarayanan, V.* Microtubule–mitochondrial attachment facilitates cell division symmetry and mitochondrial partitioning in fission yeast. Journal of Cell Science- PDF
INVITED REVIEW
2021
Shah, M., Chacko, L. A., Joseph, J. P., Ananthanarayanan, V. * Mitochondrial dynamics, positioning and function mediated by cytoskeletal interactions. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences – PDF
REVIEW
2021
Kumar, H., and Ananthanarayanan, V.* Friend or foe? The role of the host cytoskeleton in cellular responses to bacterial pore forming toxins. Journal of the Indian Institute of Science – PDF
INVITED REVIEW
2020
Tirumala, A. T.* and Ananthanarayanan, V.* Role of dynactin in the intracellular localization and activation of cytoplasmic dynein. Biochemistry (Invited review as a part of Future of Asia-Pacific Special Issue) – PDF
RESEARCH ARTICLE
2019
Chacko, L. A., Mehta, K., Ananthanarayanan, V.* Cortical tethering of mitochondria by the anchor protein Mcp5 enables uniparental inheritance. Journal of Cell Biology 218 (11) 3560-3571 – PDF
RESEARCH ARTICLE
2019
Mehta, K., Chacko, L. A., Chug, M. K., Jhunjhunwala, S., Ananthanarayanan, V.* Association of mitochondria with microtubules inhibits mitochondrial fission by precluding activity of the fission protein Dnm1. Journal of Biological Chemistry 294(10) 3385–3396 – PDF
PROTOCOL
2019
Chacko, L. A. and Ananthanarayanan, V.* Quantification of mitochondrial dynamics in fission yeast. Bio-protocol 9(23): e3450. – PDF
RESEARCH ARTICLE
2017
Thankachan, J. M., Nuthalapati, S. S., Tirumala, N. A., Ananthanarayanan, V.* Fission Yeast Myosin I Facilitates PI(4,5)P2 –mediated Anchoring of Cytoplasmic Dynein to the Cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114: E2672-E2681 – PDF
RESEARCH ARTICLE
2017
Meka, S., Chacko, L. A., Ravi, A., Chatterjee, K., Ananthanarayanan, V.* Role of Microtubules in Osteogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells on 3D Nanofibrous Scaffolds. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering 3: 551-559 – PDF
PERSPECTIVE
2016
Ananthanarayanan, V.*, Activation of the motor protein upon attachment: Anchors weigh in on cytoplasmic dynein regulation. Bioessays 38(6): 514-25 – PDF
METHODS
2015
Krull, A., Steinborn. A, Ananthanarayanan, V., Ramunno-Johnson, D., Petersohn, U., Tolić-Nørrelykke, I*. A divide-and-conquer strategy for the maximum likelihood localization of low intensity objects. Optics Express 22(1), 210-228 – PDF
PROTOCOL
2014
Ananthanarayanan, V.* and Tolić, I. Single-molecule imaging of cytoplasmic dynein in vivo. Methods Cell Biology 125 – PDF
RESEARCH ARTICLE
2013
Ananthanarayanan, V., Schattat, M., Vogel, S. K., Krull, A., Pavin, N.*, Tolić-Nørrelykke, I.*. Dynein Motion Switches from Diffusive to Directed upon Cortical Anchoring. Cell 153: 1526-1536 – PDF
METHODS
2010
Ananthanarayanan, V.* and Thies, W.*, BioCoder: A programming language for standardizing and automating Biology protocols. Journal of Biological Engineering 4: 13 – PDF
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