Tropomyosin controls sarcomere-like contractions for rigidity sensing and suppressing growth on soft matrices

A systematic nomenclature for mammalian tropomyosin isoforms

(2014) Michael A. Geeves et al.   JOURNAL OF MUSCLE RESEARCH AND CELL MOTILITY

Rigidity sensing and adaptation through regulation of integrin types

(2014) Alberto Elosegui-Artola et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Stiffness, working stroke, and force of single-myosin molecules in skeletal muscle: elucidation of these mechanical properties via nonlinear elasticity evaluation

(2013) Motoshi Kaya et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Analysis of the local organization and dynamics of cellular actin networks

(2013) Weiwei Luo et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The non-linear elasticity of the muscle sarcomere and the compliance of myosin motors

(2013) Luca Fusi et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Differential Effect of Actomyosin Relaxation on the Dynamic Properties of Focal Adhesion Proteins

(2013) Irena Lavelin et al.   PLoS One

Integrin-dependent force transmission to the extracellular matrix by  -actinin triggers adhesion maturation

(2013) P. Roca-Cusachs et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Force Fluctuations within Focal Adhesions Mediate ECM-Rigidity Sensing to Guide Directed Cell Migration

(2012) Sergey V. Plotnikov et al.   CELL

Stochastic Force Generation by Small Ensembles of Myosin II Motors

(2012) Thorsten Erdmann et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Cells test substrate rigidity by local contractions on submicrometer pillars

(2012) S. Ghassemi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Steps and Bumps: Precision Extraction of Discrete States of Molecular Machines

(2011) Max A. Little et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Actomyosin-generated tension controls the molecular kinetics of focal adhesions

(2011) H. Wolfenson et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Fibroblast polarization is a matrix-rigidity-dependent process controlled by focal adhesion mechanosensing

(2011) Masha Prager-Khoutorsky et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Bayesian localization microscopy reveals nanoscale podosome dynamics

(2011) Susan Cox et al.   NATURE METHODS

Structural and Functional Insights into the Myosin Motor Mechanism

(2010) H. Lee Sweeney et al.   Annual Review of Biophysics

Stretchy Proteins on Stretchy Substrates: The Important Elements of Integrin-Mediated Rigidity Sensing

(2010) Simon W. Moore et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Electron Tomography of Cryofixed, Isometrically Contracting Insect Flight Muscle Reveals Novel Actin-Myosin Interactions

(2010) Shenping Wu et al.   PLoS One

X-ray diffraction evidence for myosin-troponin connections and tropomyosin movement during stretch activation of insect flight muscle

(2010) R. J. Perz-Edwards et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nonlinear Elasticity and an 8-nm Working Stroke of Single Myosin Molecules in Myofilaments

(2010) M. Kaya et al.   SCIENCE

Cell fate regulation by coupling mechanical cycles to biochemical signaling pathways

(2009) Viola Vogel et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Smooth Muscle Heavy Meromyosin Phosphorylated on One of Its Two Heads Supports Force and Motion

(2009) Sam Walcott et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Mechanotransduction gone awry

(2008) Diana E. Jaalouk et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Traction Dynamics of Filopodia on Compliant Substrates

(2008) C. E. Chan et al.   SCIENCE