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Ang, C.J., Gable, J.L.R., Miguel Whelan, E., Lyons, K.C., Çevrim, Ç., Skokan, T.D., Murphy, P.L., Bennetts, S.G., Manetta, B.D., Kaage, A.M., Mopure, D., Breznik, A., Goldstein, A.E., Sanchís-Calleja, F., Spencer, T.E., Kelleher, A.M.^, McKinley, K.L.^ (2026) Luminal epithelium remodeling underlies endometrial regeneration during menstruation and pregnancy. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.08.710375.
Buchthal J.*, Chory E.J.*, Hill Z., Dennison C., Tu B., Wierenga R.P., Çevrim Ç., Golas S., Meier G., Lan T.C.T., Chung H., Boucher M., Telford S.R., McKinley K.L., Markoulaki S., Jaenisch R., Esvelt K.M.^ (2026) Non-invasive ovulation tracking enables genetic engineering in wild rodents. Cell Rep Methods. 23;6(2):101311
Skokan, T. D., Hobmayer, B., McKinley, K. L.^ & Vale, R. D.^ (2024) Mechanical stretch regulates macropinocytosis in Hydra vulgaris. Mol Biol Cell. 35(3):br9. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E22-02-0065.
Ang, C. J.*, Skokan, T. D. *, McKinley, K. L.^, (2023) Mechanisms of Regeneration and Fibrosis in the Endometrium. Annual Reviews of Cell and Developmental Biology 39, 197-221.
McKinley, K.L.*^, Longaker, M.T.*^, Naik, S.*^ (2023) Emerging frontiers in regenerative medicine. Science 380,796-798(2023). DOI:10.1126/science.add6492
Skokan, T. D., Vale, R. D^. & McKinley, K. L.^ (2020) Cell Sorting in Hydra vulgaris Arises from Differing Capacities for Epithelialization between Cell Types. Current Biology, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.07.035
McKinley, K.L.*, Castillo-Azofeifa, D.*, and Klein, O.D.^ (2020). Tools and Concepts for Interrogating and Defining Cellular Identity. Cell Stem Cell 26, 632-656.
Rodriguez-Rodriguez, J.A., Lewis, C., McKinley, K.L., Sikirzhytski, V., Corona, J., Maciejowski, J., Khodjakov, A., Cheeseman, I.M., and Jallepalli, P.V.^ (2018). Distinct Roles of RZZ and Bub1-KNL1 in Mitotic Checkpoint Signaling and Kinetochore Expansion. Current Biology 28, 3422-3429 e3425.
McKinley, K.L., Stuurman, N., Royer, L.A., Schartner, C., Castillo-Azofeifa, D., Delling, M., Klein, O.D.^, and Vale, R.D.^ (2018). Cellular aspect ratio and cell division mechanics underlie the patterning of cell progeny in diverse mammalian epithelia. Elife 7. doi: 10.7554/eLife.36739
McKinley, K.L.^ (2018). Employing CRISPR/Cas9 genome engineering to dissect the molecular requirements for mitosis. Methods in Cell Biology 144, 75-105.
Guo, L.Y., Allu, P.K., Zandarashvili, L., McKinley, K.L., Sekulic, N., Dawicki-McKenna, J.M., Fachinetti, D., Logsdon, G.A., Jamiolkowski, R.M., Cleveland, D.W., Cheeseman, I.M., and Black, B.E.^ (2017). Centromeres are maintained by fastening CENP-A to DNA and directing an arginine anchor-dependent nucleosome transition. Nature Communications 8, 15775.
McKinley, K.L.^, and Cheeseman, I.M.^ (2017). Large-Scale Analysis of CRISPR/Cas9 Cell-Cycle Knockouts Reveals the Diversity of p53-Dependent Responses to Cell-Cycle Defects. Developmental Cell 40, 405-420.
McKinley, K.L.^, and Cheeseman, I.M.^ (2016). The Molecular Basis for Centromere Identity and Function. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 17(1):16-29.
McKinley, K.L., Sekulic, N., Guo, L.Y., Tsinman, T., Black, B.E., and Cheeseman, I.M.^ (2015). The CENP-L-N Complex Forms a Critical Node in an Integrated Meshwork of Interactions at the Centromere-Kinetochore Interface. Molecular Cell 60(6): 886-98.
McKinley, K.L., and Cheeseman, I.M.^ (2014). Polo-like Kinase 1 Licenses CENP-A Deposition at Centromeres. Cell 158(2): 397–411.