Ena/VASP regulates mDia2-initiated filopodial length, dynamics, and function

Enabled Negatively Regulates Diaphanous-Driven Actin Dynamics In Vitro and In Vivo

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Ena/VASP Enabled is a highly processive actin polymerase tailored to self-assemble parallel-bundled F-actin networks with Fascin

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CDC42 switches IRSp53 from inhibition of actin growth to elongation by clustering of VASP

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Mechanosensitivity and compositional dynamics of cell–matrix adhesions

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Molecular mechanism of Ena/VASP-mediated actin-filament elongation

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A role for actin arcs in the leading-edge advance of migrating cells

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VASP is a processive actin polymerase that requires monomeric actin for barbed end association

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Cell adhesion: integrating cytoskeletal dynamics and cellular tension

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A nucleator arms race: cellular control of actin assembly

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The key feature for early migratory processes

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Formin-binding proteins: Modulators of formin-dependent actin polymerization

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Filopodia: Complex models for simple rods

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Impaired integrin-mediated adhesion contributes to reduced barrier properties in VASP-deficient microvascular endothelium

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Exploring the Roles of Diaphanous and Enabled Activity in Shaping the Balance between Filopodia and Lamellipodia

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Unleashing formins to remodel the actin and microtubule cytoskeletons

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Review of the mechanism of processive actin filament elongation by formins

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Clustering of VASP actively drives processive, WH2 domain-mediated actin filament elongation

(2008) Dennis Breitsprecher et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

One step ahead: Role of filopodia in adhesion formation during cell migration of keratinocytes

(2008) Claudia Schäfer et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Mathematical Models and Simulations of Cellular Processes Based on Actin Filaments

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Ena/VASP Proteins Capture Actin Filament Barbed Ends

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Building the actin cytoskeleton: filopodia contribute to the construction of contractile bundles in the lamella

(2008) Maria Nemethova et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The formin mDia2 stabilizes microtubules independently of its actin nucleation activity

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Filopodia formation induced by active mDia2/Drf3

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WAVE and Arp2/3 jointly inhibit filopodium formation by entering into a complex with mDia2

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Environmental sensing through focal adhesions

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Comparative Dynamics of Retrograde Actin Flow and Focal Adhesions: Formation of Nascent Adhesions Triggers Transition from Fast to Slow Flow

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Lamellipodia nucleation by filopodia depends on integrin occupancy and downstream Rac1 signaling

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