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Breadcrumb Nic Tapon Tapon lab Apoptosis and Proliferation Control Laboratory : Publications Lab contentLab contentIn this section Overview Areas of interest Publications Members Vacancies Laser scanning confocal microscopy image of the histoblasts, the cells that form the abdomen of the adult fruit fly, this image was taken at the Crick by Dr John Robert Davis. 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Alexandre Djiane Development Published 15 March 2015 Crick labsNic TaponFull details Zyxin antagonizes the FERM protein expanded to couple F-actin and Yorkie-dependent organ growth Authors (5) Pedro GasparMaxine HolderBirgit Aerne Florence JanodyNicolas Tapon Current Biology Published 16 March 2015 Crick labsNic TaponFull details The Spectrin cytoskeleton regulates the Hippo signalling pathway Authors (6)Georgina FletcherAhmed Elbediwy Ichha Khanal Paulo S RibeiroNicolas Tapon Barry J Thompson EMBO Journal Published 1 April 2015 Crick labsBarry ThompsonNic TaponFull details Sensing the local environment: actin architecture and Hippo signalling Authors (2) Pedro GasparNicolas Tapon Current Opinion in Cell Biology Published 1 December 2014 Crick labsNic TaponFull details Crumbs promotes expanded recognition and degradation by the SCFSlimb/β-TrCP ubiquitin ligase Authors (5) Paulo RibeiroMaxine HolderDavid FrithBram SnijdersNicolas Tapon Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published 13 May 2014 Crick labs/ facilitiesNic TaponProteomicsFull details Formation of a polarised primitive endoderm layer in embryoid bodies requires Fgfr/Erk signalling Authors (5) Gail Doughton Jun WeiNicolas Tapon Melanie J Welham Andrew D Chalmers PLOS ONE Published 1 January 2014 Crick labsNic TaponFull details Differential proliferation rates generate patterns of mechanical tension that orient tissue growth Authors (6) Yanlan Mao Alexander L Tournier Andreas Hoppe Lennart Kester Barry J ThompsonNicolas Tapon EMBO Journal Published 30 October 2013 Crick labsBarry ThompsonNic TaponFull details The Hippo pathway polarizes the actin cytoskeleton during collective migration of Drosophila border cells Authors (7) Eliana P Lucas Ichha Khanal Pedro GasparGeorgina Fletcher Cedric PoleselloNicolas Tapon Barry J Thompson Journal of Cell Biology Published 10 June 2013 Crick labsBarry ThompsonNic TaponFull details Interaction proteome of human Hippo signaling: modular control of the co-activator YAP1 Authors (7) Simon Hauri Alexander Wepf Audrey van Drogen Markku VarjosaloNicolas Tapon Ruedi Aebersold Matthias Gstaiger Molecular Systems Biology Published 1 January 2013 Crick labsNic TaponFull details Salt-inducible kinases regulate growth through the Hippo signalling pathway in Drosophila Authors (11) Michael C WehrMaxine Holder Ieva Gailite Rebecca E Saunders Tobias M Maile Elena CiirdaevaRachael Instrell Ming JiangMichael Howell Moritz J RossnerNicolas Tapon Nature Cell Biology Published 1 January 2013 Crick labs/ facilitiesNic TaponHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details The Hippo pathway--from top to bottom and everything in between Authors (2)Nicolas Tapon Kieran F Harvey Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology Published 1 September 2012 Crick labsNic TaponFull details The Hippo pathway and apico-basal cell polarity Authors (2) Alice GenevetNicolas Tapon Biochemical Journal Published 1 June 2011 Crick labsNic TaponFull details Planar polarization of the atypical myosin Dachs orients cell divisions in Drosophila Authors (6) Yanlan Mao Alexander L TournierPaul Bates Jonathan E GaleNicolas Tapon Barry J Thompson Genes & Development Published 15 January 2011 Crick labsBarry ThompsonNic TaponPaul BatesFull details The Hippo pathway regulates intestinal stem cell proliferation during Drosophila adult midgut regeneration Authors (6) Rachael L Shaw Alexander Kohlmaier Cédric Polesello Cornelia Veelken Bruce A EdgarNicolas Tapon Development Published 1 December 2010 Crick labsNic TaponFull details Drosophila MCRS2 associates with RNA polymerase II complexes to regulate transcription Authors (7) Ditte Skovaa Andersen Sunil Jayaramaiah Raja Julien Colombani Rachael Louise Shaw Paul Francis Langton Asifa AkhtarNicolas Tapon Molecular and Cellular Biology Published 1 October 2010 Crick labsNic TaponFull details Combined functional genomic and proteomic approaches identify a PP2A complex as a negative regulator of Hippo signaling Authors (8) Paulo S Ribeiro Filipe Josué Alexander Wepf Michael C Wehr Oliver RinnerGavin KellyNicolas Tapon Matthias Gstaiger Molecular Cell Published 27 August 2010 Crick labs/ facilitiesNic TaponBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details Kibra is a regulator of the Salvador/Warts/Hippo signaling network Authors (5) Alice Genevet Michael C Wehr Ruth Brain Barry J ThompsonNicolas Tapon Developmental Cell Published 16 February 2010 Crick labsBarry ThompsonNic TaponFull details A role for p38 stress-activated protein kinase in regulation of cell growth via TORC1 Authors (10) Megan Cully Alice Genevet Patricia Warne Caroline Treins Tao Liu Julie Bastien Buzz BaumNicolas Tapon Sally J LeeversJulian Downward Molecular and Cellular Biology Published 1 January 2010 Crick labsNic TaponJulian DownwardFull details Pagination First page First Previous page Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Hippo stabilises its adaptor Salvador by antagonising the HECT ubiquitin ligase Herc4 Authors (4)Birgit Aerne Ieva Gailite David SimsNicolas Tapon PLOS ONE Published 30 June 2015 Crick labsNic TaponFull details
The Hippo pathway promotes cell survival in response to chemical stress Authors (7) F Di Cara TM Maile BD Parsons A Magico S BasuNicolas Tapon K King-Jones Cell Death and Differentiation Published 13 March 2015 Crick labsNic TaponFull details
Drosophila MAGI interacts with RASSF8 to regulate E-Cadherin-based adherens junctions in the developing eye Authors (5) Sophie Zaessinger Yanxiang Zhou Sarah J BrayNicolas Tapon Alexandre Djiane Development Published 15 March 2015 Crick labsNic TaponFull details
Zyxin antagonizes the FERM protein expanded to couple F-actin and Yorkie-dependent organ growth Authors (5) Pedro GasparMaxine HolderBirgit Aerne Florence JanodyNicolas Tapon Current Biology Published 16 March 2015 Crick labsNic TaponFull details
The Spectrin cytoskeleton regulates the Hippo signalling pathway Authors (6)Georgina FletcherAhmed Elbediwy Ichha Khanal Paulo S RibeiroNicolas Tapon Barry J Thompson EMBO Journal Published 1 April 2015 Crick labsBarry ThompsonNic TaponFull details
Sensing the local environment: actin architecture and Hippo signalling Authors (2) Pedro GasparNicolas Tapon Current Opinion in Cell Biology Published 1 December 2014 Crick labsNic TaponFull details
Crumbs promotes expanded recognition and degradation by the SCFSlimb/β-TrCP ubiquitin ligase Authors (5) Paulo RibeiroMaxine HolderDavid FrithBram SnijdersNicolas Tapon Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published 13 May 2014 Crick labs/ facilitiesNic TaponProteomicsFull details
Formation of a polarised primitive endoderm layer in embryoid bodies requires Fgfr/Erk signalling Authors (5) Gail Doughton Jun WeiNicolas Tapon Melanie J Welham Andrew D Chalmers PLOS ONE Published 1 January 2014 Crick labsNic TaponFull details
Differential proliferation rates generate patterns of mechanical tension that orient tissue growth Authors (6) Yanlan Mao Alexander L Tournier Andreas Hoppe Lennart Kester Barry J ThompsonNicolas Tapon EMBO Journal Published 30 October 2013 Crick labsBarry ThompsonNic TaponFull details
The Hippo pathway polarizes the actin cytoskeleton during collective migration of Drosophila border cells Authors (7) Eliana P Lucas Ichha Khanal Pedro GasparGeorgina Fletcher Cedric PoleselloNicolas Tapon Barry J Thompson Journal of Cell Biology Published 10 June 2013 Crick labsBarry ThompsonNic TaponFull details
Interaction proteome of human Hippo signaling: modular control of the co-activator YAP1 Authors (7) Simon Hauri Alexander Wepf Audrey van Drogen Markku VarjosaloNicolas Tapon Ruedi Aebersold Matthias Gstaiger Molecular Systems Biology Published 1 January 2013 Crick labsNic TaponFull details
Salt-inducible kinases regulate growth through the Hippo signalling pathway in Drosophila Authors (11) Michael C WehrMaxine Holder Ieva Gailite Rebecca E Saunders Tobias M Maile Elena CiirdaevaRachael Instrell Ming JiangMichael Howell Moritz J RossnerNicolas Tapon Nature Cell Biology Published 1 January 2013 Crick labs/ facilitiesNic TaponHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details
The Hippo pathway--from top to bottom and everything in between Authors (2)Nicolas Tapon Kieran F Harvey Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology Published 1 September 2012 Crick labsNic TaponFull details
The Hippo pathway and apico-basal cell polarity Authors (2) Alice GenevetNicolas Tapon Biochemical Journal Published 1 June 2011 Crick labsNic TaponFull details
Planar polarization of the atypical myosin Dachs orients cell divisions in Drosophila Authors (6) Yanlan Mao Alexander L TournierPaul Bates Jonathan E GaleNicolas Tapon Barry J Thompson Genes & Development Published 15 January 2011 Crick labsBarry ThompsonNic TaponPaul BatesFull details
The Hippo pathway regulates intestinal stem cell proliferation during Drosophila adult midgut regeneration Authors (6) Rachael L Shaw Alexander Kohlmaier Cédric Polesello Cornelia Veelken Bruce A EdgarNicolas Tapon Development Published 1 December 2010 Crick labsNic TaponFull details
Drosophila MCRS2 associates with RNA polymerase II complexes to regulate transcription Authors (7) Ditte Skovaa Andersen Sunil Jayaramaiah Raja Julien Colombani Rachael Louise Shaw Paul Francis Langton Asifa AkhtarNicolas Tapon Molecular and Cellular Biology Published 1 October 2010 Crick labsNic TaponFull details
Combined functional genomic and proteomic approaches identify a PP2A complex as a negative regulator of Hippo signaling Authors (8) Paulo S Ribeiro Filipe Josué Alexander Wepf Michael C Wehr Oliver RinnerGavin KellyNicolas Tapon Matthias Gstaiger Molecular Cell Published 27 August 2010 Crick labs/ facilitiesNic TaponBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details
Kibra is a regulator of the Salvador/Warts/Hippo signaling network Authors (5) Alice Genevet Michael C Wehr Ruth Brain Barry J ThompsonNicolas Tapon Developmental Cell Published 16 February 2010 Crick labsBarry ThompsonNic TaponFull details
A role for p38 stress-activated protein kinase in regulation of cell growth via TORC1 Authors (10) Megan Cully Alice Genevet Patricia Warne Caroline Treins Tao Liu Julie Bastien Buzz BaumNicolas Tapon Sally J LeeversJulian Downward Molecular and Cellular Biology Published 1 January 2010 Crick labsNic TaponJulian DownwardFull details