Dynamic myosin phosphorylation regulates contractile pulses and tissue integrity during epithelial morphogenesis

Apical constriction: themes and variations on a cellular mechanism driving morphogenesis

(2014) A. C. Martin et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Apical constriction drives tissue-scale hydrodynamic flow to mediate cell elongation

(2014) Bing He et al.   NATURE

Contractile and Mechanical Properties of Epithelia with Perturbed Actomyosin Dynamics

(2014) Sabine C. Fischer et al.   PLoS One

Spatiotemporal control of epithelial remodeling by regulated myosin phosphorylation

(2014) K. E. Kasza et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

PCP and Septins Compartmentalize Cortical Actomyosin to Direct Collective Cell Movement

(2014) A. Shindo et al.   SCIENCE

Forces in Tissue Morphogenesis and Patterning

(2013) Carl-Philipp Heisenberg et al.   CELL

Bazooka inhibits aPKC to limit antagonism of actomyosin networks during amnioserosa apical constriction

(2013) D. J. V. David et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Oscillation and Polarity of E-Cadherin Asymmetries Control Actomyosin Flow Patterns during Morphogenesis

(2013) Romain Levayer et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

PTEN Controls Junction Lengthening and Stability during Cell Rearrangement in Epithelial Tissue

(2013) Pierre-Luc Bardet et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Apical domain polarization localizes actin–myosin activity to drive ratchet-like apical constriction

(2013) Frank M. Mason et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Par-1 Controls Myosin-II Activity through Myosin Phosphatase to Regulate Border Cell Migration

(2012) Pralay Majumder et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The PDZ-GEF protein Dizzy regulates the establishment of adherens junctions required for ventral furrow formation in Drosophila

(2012) P. Spahn et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Volume conservation principle involved in cell lengthening and nucleus movement during tissue morphogenesis

(2012) M. A. Gelbart et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Triggering a Cell Shape Change by Exploiting Preexisting Actomyosin Contractions

(2012) Minna Roh-Johnson et al.   SCIENCE

Actin cortex mechanics and cellular morphogenesis

(2012) Guillaume Salbreux et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Force Generation, Transmission, and Integration during Cell and Tissue Morphogenesis

(2011) Thomas Lecuit et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Tuning cell shape change with contractile ratchets

(2011) Frank M Mason et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

Regulation of somatic myosin activity by Protein Phosphatase 1  controls Drosophila oocyte polarization

(2011) Y. Sun et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Punctuated actin contractions during convergent extension and their permissive regulation by the non-canonical Wnt-signaling pathway

(2011) H. Y. Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

A contractile actomyosin network linked to adherens junctions by Canoe/afadin helps drive convergent extension

(2011) Jessica K. Sawyer et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

A genome-scale shRNA resource for transgenic RNAi in Drosophila

(2011) Jian-Quan Ni et al.   NATURE METHODS

DRhoGEF2 Regulates Cellular Tension and Cell Pulsations in the Amnioserosa during Drosophila Dorsal Closure

(2011) Dulce Azevedo et al.   PLoS One

The PAR complex regulates pulsed actomyosin contractions during amnioserosa apical constriction in Drosophila

(2010) D. J. V. David et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Cytoskeletal dynamics and supracellular organisation of cell shape fluctuations during dorsal closure

(2010) G. B. Blanchard et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Mutations of DMYPT cause over constriction of contractile rings and ring canals during Drosophila germline cyst formation

(2010) SengKai Ong et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Rho-Kinase Directs Bazooka/Par-3 Planar Polarity during Drosophila Axis Elongation

(2010) Sérgio de Matos Simões et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Integration of contractile forces during tissue invagination

(2010) Adam C. Martin 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

Planar polarized actomyosin contractile flows control epithelial junction remodelling

(2010) Matteo Rauzi et al.   NATURE

Anisotropies in cortical tension reveal the physical basis of polarizing cortical flows

(2010) Mirjam Mayer et al.   NATURE

Tissue elongation requires oscillating contractions of a basal actomyosin network

(2010) Li He et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Pulsed Forces Timed by a Ratchet-like Mechanism Drive Directed Tissue Movement during Dorsal Closure

(2009) Jerome Solon et al.   CELL

Apical constriction: A cell shape change that can drive morphogenesis

(2009) Jacob M. Sawyer et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Convergence and extension at gastrulation require a myosin IIB-dependent cortical actin network

(2008) P. Skoglund et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Shroom3-mediated recruitment of Rho kinases to the apical cell junctions regulates epithelial and neuroepithelial planar remodeling

(2008) T. Nishimura et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Pulsed contractions of an actin–myosin network drive apical constriction

(2008) Adam C. Martin et al.   NATURE