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Alex W. Crocker

Dartmouth CollegeORCID 0000-0003-1592-0777Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Cell Biology· 3 Bioinformatics· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Organism:yeast· 3 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Organism:C. elegans· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1

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Cell BiologyMolecular Biology of the CellPeer-reviewedApr 23, 2026

Sequence and structure of protein binding sites in RNA impact biomolecular condensates

Sierra J. Cole, Scott R. Allen, Bryan B. Guzmán…·Amy S. Gladfelter

The paper investigates how RNA-protein binding site context, not just valence, affects biomolecular condensate properties in Ashbya gossypii.

1 citation

fungi (other)proteomics

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Cell BiologyThe Journal of Cell BiologyPeer-reviewedAug 12, 2025

Mechanisms of nuclear segregation in a multinucleate multibudding yeast

Claudia A. Petrucco, Alex W. Crocker, Alison C.E. Wirshing…·Daniel J. Lew

This study examines mitotic nuclear segregation in the multibudding yeast Aureobasidium pullulans, revealing distinct mechanisms compared to uninucleate yeasts.

7 citations

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Cell BiologyCurrent BiologyPeer-reviewedDec 29, 2024

Negative feedback equalizes polarity sites in a multi-budding yeast

Alex W. Crocker, Claudia A. Petrucco, Kaiyun Guan…·Amy S. Gladfelter

The paper identifies Pak1 as a key protein mediating negative feedback in yeast to enable multiple polarity sites and budding.

9 citations

yeastexperimental assay

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BioinformaticsGenome biologyPeer-reviewedNov 19, 2019

The CAFA challenge reports improved protein function prediction and new functional annotations for hundreds of genes through experimental screens

Naihui Zhou, Yuxiang Jiang, Timothy R. Bergquist…·Enrico Lavezzo

The paper reports results from the CAFA3 challenge, showing improved computational protein function prediction and new annotations for over 1000 genes through experimental screens in C. albicans, P. aureginosa, and Drosophila.

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C. elegansDrosophila

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