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Rigidity Sensing Explained by Active Matter Theory

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(2011) Todd Thoresen et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The position and size of individual focal adhesions are determined by intracellular stress-dependent positive regulation

(2011) Shinji Deguchi et al.   Cytoskeleton

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Dissecting Regional Variations in Stress Fiber Mechanics in Living Cells with Laser Nanosurgery

(2010) Kandice Tanner et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A Zyxin-Mediated Mechanism for Actin Stress Fiber Maintenance and Repair

(2010) Mark A. Smith et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

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Polarity Patterns of Stress Fibers

(2010) N. Yoshinaga et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Instabilities and oscillations in isotropic active gels

(2010) Shiladitya Banerjee et al.   Soft Matter

Recoil after Severing Reveals Stress Fiber Contraction Mechanisms

(2009) Matthew R. Stachowiak et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Sarcomere Mechanics in Capillary Endothelial Cells

(2009) Robert J. Russell et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Increased Cell Bond Tension Governs Cell Sorting at the Drosophila Anteroposterior Compartment Boundary

(2009) Katharina P. Landsberg et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Myosin II Dynamics Are Regulated by Tension in Intercalating Cells

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

Mechanics of the F-actin cytoskeleton

(2009) Jonathan Stricker et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

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(2009) G. T. Charras et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Mechanosensing in actin stress fibers revealed by a close correlation between force and protein localization

(2009) J. Colombelli et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Gel Dynamics

(2009) Masao Doi   JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

Hydrodynamics of Cellular Cortical Flows and the Formation of Contractile Rings

(2009) G. Salbreux et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

A feeling for the numbers in biology

(2009) R. Phillips et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structure and dynamics of cross-linked actin networks

(2009) Oliver Lieleg et al.   Soft Matter

Molecular Bases of Cell-Cell Junctions Stability and Dynamics

(2009) M. Cavey et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Graded actin filament polarity is the organization of oriented actomyosin II filament bundles required for fibroblast polarization

(2009) Tayamika Mseka et al.   CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON

The Role of Actomyosin Contractility in the Formation and Dynamics of Actin Bundles During Fibroblast Spreading

(2008) Yosuke Senju et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY

A multi-modular tensegrity model of an actin stress fiber

(2008) Yaozhi Luo et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

A two-tiered mechanism for stabilization and immobilization of E-cadherin

(2008) Matthieu Cavey et al.   NATURE

Nature and anisotropy of cortical forces orienting Drosophila tissue morphogenesis

(2008) Matteo Rauzi et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

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

Traction forces and rigidity sensing regulate cell functions

(2008) Marion Ghibaudo et al.   Soft Matter

Actin stress fiber pre-extension in human aortic endothelial cells

(2008) Lan Lu et al.   CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON