Cdk1-dependent mitotic enrichment of cortical myosin II promotes cell rounding against confinement

Cellular Control of Cortical Actin Nucleation

(2014) Miia Bovellan et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Quantification of surface tension and internal pressure generated by single mitotic cells

(2014) Elisabeth Fischer-Friedrich et al.   Scientific Reports

Monitoring Actin Cortex Thickness in Live Cells

(2013) Andrew G. Clark et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Mitotic Rounding Alters Cell Geometry to Ensure Efficient Bipolar Spindle Formation

(2013) Oscar M. Lancaster et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Wedged AFM-cantilevers for parallel plate cell mechanics

(2013) Martin P. Stewart et al.   METHODS

Analysis of turnover dynamics of the submembranous actin cortex

(2013) Marco Fritzsche et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Epithelial junctions maintain tissue architecture by directing planar spindle orientation

(2013) Yu-ichiro Nakajima et al.   NATURE

Mitotic cell rounding accelerates epithelial invagination

(2013) Takefumi Kondo et al.   NATURE

A genomic toolkit to investigate kinesin and myosin motor function in cells

(2013) Zoltan Maliga et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Myosin II does it all: assembly, remodeling, and disassembly of actin networks are governed by myosin II activity

(2013) Yaron Ideses et al.   Soft Matter

Changes in Ect2 Localization Couple Actomyosin-Dependent Cell Shape Changes to Mitotic Progression

(2012) Helen K. Matthews et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Tracking mechanics and volume of globular cells with atomic force microscopy using a constant-height clamp

(2012) Martin P Stewart et al.   Nature Protocols

Increased Asymmetric and Multi-Daughter Cell Division in Mechanically Confined Microenvironments

(2012) Henry Tat Kwong Tse et al.   PLoS One

Interkinetic Nuclear Migration Is a Broadly Conserved Feature of Cell Division in Pseudostratified Epithelia

(2011) Emily J. Meyer et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Quantitative Proteomics Reveals the Basis for the Biochemical Specificity of the Cell-Cycle Machinery

(2011) Felicia Walton Pagliuca et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Developmental roles for Srf, cortical cytoskeleton and cell shape in epidermal spindle orientation

(2011) Chen Luxenburg et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Biomechanical regulation of contractility: spatial control and dynamics

(2011) Romain Levayer et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Progressive Activation of CyclinB1-Cdk1 Coordinates Entry to Mitosis

(2010) Olivier Gavet et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Activation of cyclin B1–Cdk1 synchronizes events in the nucleus and the cytoplasm at mitosis

(2010) Olivier Gavet et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Myosin II contributes to cell-scale actin network treadmilling through network disassembly

(2010) Cyrus A. Wilson et al.   NATURE

Hydrostatic pressure and the actomyosin cortex drive mitotic cell rounding

(2010) Martin P. Stewart et al.   NATURE

Identification and Characterization of a Small Molecule Inhibitor of Formin-Mediated Actin Assembly

(2009) Syed A. Rizvi et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

The decision to enter mitosis: feedback and redundancy in the mitotic entry network

(2009) Arne Lindqvist et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Characterization of two classes of small molecule inhibitors of Arp2/3 complex

(2009) B. J. Nolen et al.   NATURE

Non-muscle myosin II takes centre stage in cell adhesion and migration

(2009) Miguel Vicente-Manzanares et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Plk1 Self-Organization and Priming Phosphorylation of HsCYK-4 at the Spindle Midzone Regulate the Onset of Division in Human Cells

(2009) Mark E. Burkard et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Polo-Like Kinase 1 Directs Assembly of the HsCyk-4 RhoGAP/Ect2 RhoGEF Complex to Initiate Cleavage Furrow Formation

(2009) Benjamin A. Wolfe et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

An Isoform-Selective, Small-Molecule Inhibitor Targets the Autoregulatory Mechanism of p21-Activated Kinase

(2008) Sean W. Deacon et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Moesin Controls Cortical Rigidity, Cell Rounding, and Spindle Morphogenesis during Mitosis

(2008) Patricia Kunda et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Lifeact: a versatile marker to visualize F-actin

(2008) Julia Riedl et al.   NATURE METHODS

P21-activated kinase is required for mitotic progression and regulates Plk1

(2008) B Maroto et al.   ONCOGENE

MYH9-siRNA andMYH9 mutant alleles: Expression in cultured cell lines and their effects upon cell structure and function

(2008) Yan Li et al.   CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON