Molecular mechanisms of cellular mechanosensing

Stress-Enhanced Gelation: A Dynamic Nonlinearity of Elasticity

(2013) Norman Y. Yao et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Understanding the Cooperative Interaction between Myosin II and Actin Cross-Linkers Mediated by Actin Filaments during Mechanosensation

(2012) Tianzhi Luo et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

α-Catenin and IQGAP Regulate Myosin Localization to Control Epithelial Tube Morphogenesis in Dictyostelium

(2012) Daniel J. Dickinson et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Crawling from soft to stiff matrix polarizes the cytoskeleton and phosphoregulates myosin-II heavy chain

(2012) Matthew Raab et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

A mechanosensory system governs myosin II accumulation in dividing cells

(2012) Yee-Seir Kee et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Myosin I Links PIP3 Signaling to Remodeling of the Actin Cytoskeleton in Chemotaxis

(2012) C.-L. Chen et al.   Science Signaling

Sarcomeric Pattern Formation by Actin Cluster Coalescence

(2012) Benjamin M. Friedrich et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Spreading Dynamics of Biomimetic Actin Cortices

(2011) Michael Murrell et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Mechanical strain in actin networks regulates FilGAP and integrin binding to filamin A

(2011) A. J. Ehrlicher et al.   NATURE

Structure formation in active networks

(2011) Simone Köhler et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Balancing forces: architectural control of mechanotransduction

(2011) Christopher C. DuFort et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Stretching Actin Filaments within Cells Enhances their Affinity for the Myosin II Motor Domain

(2011) Taro Q. P. Uyeda et al.   PLoS One

Dynamic instability of the intracellular pressure drives bleb-based motility

(2010) B. Maugis et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Measuring mechanical tension across vinculin reveals regulation of focal adhesion dynamics

(2010) Carsten Grashoff 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

Mechanosensing through Cooperative Interactions between Myosin II and the Actin Crosslinker Cortexillin I

(2009) Yixin Ren et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Myosin II Dynamics Are Regulated by Tension in Intercalating Cells

(2009) Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Material properties of the cell dictate stress-induced spreading and differentiation in embryonic stem cells

(2009) Farhan Chowdhury et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

An active biopolymer network controlled by molecular motors

(2009) G. H. Koenderink et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Stretching Single Talin Rod Molecules Activates Vinculin Binding

(2009) A. del Rio et al.   SCIENCE

Biophysics of Catch Bonds

(2008) Wendy E. Thomas et al.   Annual Review of Biophysics

Environmental sensing through focal adhesions

(2008) Benjamin Geiger et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Cross-Linking Molecules Modify Composite Actin Networks Independently

(2008) K. M. Schmoller et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Measuring molecular rupture forces between single actin filaments and actin-binding proteins

(2008) J. M. Ferrer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA