Actin Dynamics, Architecture, and Mechanics in Cell Motility

Thick Filament Length and Isoform Composition Determine Self-Organized Contractile Units in Actomyosin Bundles

(2013) Todd Thoresen et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Unexpected Membrane Dynamics Unveiled by Membrane Nanotube Extrusion

(2013) Clément Campillo et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Distributed Actin Turnover in the Lamellipodium and FRAP Kinetics

(2013) Matthew B. Smith et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A Mechanical Checkpoint Controls Multicellular Growth through YAP/TAZ Regulation by Actin-Processing Factors

(2013) Mariaceleste Aragona et al.   CELL

GMF Severs Actin-Arp2/3 Complex Branch Junctions by a Cofilin-like Mechanism

(2013) Casey A. Ydenberg et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The role and regulation of blebs in cell migration

(2013) Ewa K Paluch et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Can filament treadmilling alone account for the F-actin turnover in lamellipodia?

(2013) Takushi Miyoshi et al.   Cytoskeleton

Actin Filament Elongation in Arp2/3-Derived Networks Is Controlled by Three Distinct Mechanisms

(2013) Alphée Michelot et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

From tissue mechanics to transcription factors

(2013) Paul A. Janmey et al.   DIFFERENTIATION

Physical break-down of the classical view on cancer cell invasion and metastasis

(2013) Claudia T. Mierke   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Biophysics of actin filament severing by cofilin

(2013) W. Austin Elam et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Glia Maturation Factor (GMF) Interacts with Arp2/3 Complex in a Nucleotide State-dependent Manner

(2013) Malgorzata Boczkowska et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The tension mounts: Stress fibers as force-generating mechanotransducers

(2013) Keith Burridge et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Arp2/3 complex ATP hydrolysis promotes lamellipodial actin network disassembly but is dispensable for assembly

(2013) Elena Ingerman et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Compression and dilation of the membrane-cortex layer generates rapid changes in cell shape

(2013) Maryna Kapustina et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

FHOD1 is a combined actin filament capping and bundling factor that selectively associates with actin arcs and stress fibers

(2013) A. Schonichen et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Analysis of turnover dynamics of the submembranous actin cortex

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

Fabrication of three-dimensional electrical connections by means of directed actin self-organization

(2013) Rémi Galland et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

The road to maturation: somatic cell interaction and self-organization of the mammalian oocyte

(2013) Rong Li et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Structural basis for regulation of Arp2/3 complex by GMF

(2013) Qing Luan et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Direct Observation of the Dynamics of Semiflexible Polymers in Shear Flow

(2013) Markus Harasim et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Rickettsia Sca2 has evolved formin-like activity through a different molecular mechanism

(2013) Y. Madasu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pathway of actin filament branch formation by Arp2/3 complex revealed by single-molecule imaging

(2013) Benjamin A. Smith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tension modulates actin filament polymerization mediated by formin and profilin

(2013) N. Courtemanche et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An Actin-Dependent Step in Mitochondrial Fission Mediated by the ER-Associated Formin INF2

(2013) F. Korobova et al.   SCIENCE

Formin mDia1 senses and generates mechanical forces on actin filaments

(2013) Antoine Jégou et al.   Nature Communications

Myosin motors fragment and compact membrane-bound actin filaments

(2013) Sven K Vogel et al.   eLife

Actin Filament Elasticity and Retrograde Flow Shape the Force-Velocity Relation of Motile Cells

(2012) Juliane Zimmermann et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Physical Model for Self-Organization of Actin Cytoskeleton and Adhesion Complexes at the Cell Front

(2012) Tom Shemesh et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Mechanical Activation of Cells Induces Chromatin Remodeling Preceding MKL Nuclear Transport

(2012) K. Venkatesan Iyer et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Membrane Tension Maintains Cell Polarity by Confining Signals to the Leading Edge during Neutrophil Migration

(2012) Andrew R. Houk et al.   CELL

Arp2/3 Is Critical for Lamellipodia and Response to Extracellular Matrix Cues but Is Dispensable for Chemotaxis

(2012) Congying Wu et al.   CELL

Image Analysis Tools to Quantify Cell Shape and Protein Dynamics near the Leading Edge

(2012) Gillian L. Ryan et al.   CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Cell Polarity: Tension Quenches the Rear

(2012) Alex Mogilner et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Actin Cytoskeleton: A Team Effort during Actin Assembly

(2012) Laurent Blanchoin et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

FMNL2 Drives Actin-Based Protrusion and Migration Downstream of Cdc42

(2012) Jennifer Block et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Actin Filaments as Tension Sensors

(2012) Vitold E. Galkin et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Loss of Scar/WAVE Complex Promotes N-WASP- and FAK-Dependent Invasion

(2012) Haoran Tang et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Trespassing cancer cells: ‘fingerprinting’ invasive protrusions reveals metastatic culprits

(2012) Richard L Klemke   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

In vitro studies of actin filament and network dynamics

(2012) R Dyche Mullins et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Traveling waves in actin dynamics and cell motility

(2012) Jun Allard et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Reconstructing the orientation distribution of actin filaments in the lamellipodium of migrating keratocytes from electron microscopy tomography data

(2012) Julian Weichsel et al.   CYTOMETRY PART A

Actin cytoskeleton in cell polarity and asymmetric division during mouse oocyte maturation

(2012) Kexi Yi et al.   Cytoskeleton

Visualizing Cell Structure and Function with Point-Localization Superresolution Imaging

(2012) Prabuddha Sengupta et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Multiple actin binding domains of Ena/VASP proteins determine actin network stiffening

(2012) Brian S. Gentry et al.   EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS

Do cancer cells have distinct adhesions in 3D collagen matrices and in vivo?

(2012) Sara Geraldo et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

2D protrusion but not motility predicts growth factor–induced cancer cell migration in 3D collagen

(2012) Aaron S. Meyer et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Tension is required but not sufficient for focal adhesion maturation without a stress fiber template

(2012) Patrick W. Oakes et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The Arp2/3 complex is required for lamellipodia extension and directional fibroblast cell migration

(2012) Praveen Suraneni et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Nonpolarized signaling reveals two distinct modes of 3D cell migration

(2012) Ryan J. Petrie et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Actin branching in the initiation and maintenance of lamellipodia

(2012) M. Vinzenz et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

United we stand – integrating the actin cytoskeleton and cell–matrix adhesions in cellular mechanotransduction

(2012) Ulrich S. Schwarz et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

α-Actinin and fimbrin cooperate with myosin II to organize actomyosin bundles during contractile-ring assembly

(2012) Damien Laporte et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Srv2/cyclase-associated protein forms hexameric shurikens that directly catalyze actin filament severing by cofilin

(2012) Faisal Chaudhry et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Dual-objective STORM reveals three-dimensional filament organization in the actin cytoskeleton

(2012) Ke Xu et al.   NATURE METHODS

New insights into the regulation and cellular functions of the ARP2/3 complex

(2012) Jeremy D. Rotty et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanics of membrane–cytoskeleton attachment inParamecium

(2012) C Campillo et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Requirements for contractility in disordered cytoskeletal bundles

(2012) Martin Lenz et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Contractile Units in Disordered Actomyosin Bundles Arise from F-Actin Buckling

(2012) Martin Lenz et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Contraction Mechanisms in Composite Active Actin Networks

(2012) Simone Köhler et al.   PLoS One

The instability of stabilization

(2012) R. D. Mullins   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Actin filament curvature biases branching direction

(2012) V. I. Risca et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

How actin network dynamics control the onset of actin-based motility

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

Identification of cation-binding sites on actin that drive polymerization and modulate bending stiffness

(2012) H. Kang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cell mechanics control rapid transitions between blebs and lamellipodia during migration

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

Impact of branching on the elasticity of actin networks

(2012) T. Pujol et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

F-actin buckling coordinates contractility and severing in a biomimetic actomyosin cortex

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

Rocket Launcher Mechanism of Collaborative Actin Assembly Defined by Single-Molecule Imaging

(2012) D. Breitsprecher et al.   SCIENCE

Actin Network Architecture Can Determine Myosin Motor Activity

(2012) A.-C. Reymann et al.   SCIENCE

Mechanical feedback between membrane tension and dynamics

(2012) Nils C. Gauthier et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Actin cortex mechanics and cellular morphogenesis

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

Use the force: membrane tension as an organizer of cell shape and motility

(2012) Alba Diz-Muñoz et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Assembly kinetics determine the architecture of α-actinin crosslinked F-actin networks

(2012) Tobias T. Falzone et al.   Nature Communications

Spatial coordination between cell and nuclear shape within micropatterned endothelial cells

(2012) Marie Versaevel et al.   Nature Communications

Cardiovascular Protection by ApoE and ApoE-HDL Linked to Suppression of ECM Gene Expression and Arterial Stiffening

(2012) Devashish Kothapalli et al.   Cell Reports

Mesoscopic Model of Actin-Based Propulsion

(2012) Jie Zhu et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Keratocyte Lamellipodial Protrusion Is Characterized by a Concave Force-Velocity Relation

(2011) Fabian Heinemann et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cofilin-Linked Changes in Actin Filament Flexibility Promote Severing

(2011) Brannon R. McCullough et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Reconstitution of Contractile Actomyosin Bundles

(2011) Todd Thoresen et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Actomyosin-Mediated Cellular Tension Drives Increased Tissue Stiffness and β-Catenin Activation to Induce Epidermal Hyperplasia and Tumor Growth

(2011) Michael S. Samuel et al.   CANCER CELL

Life at the Leading Edge

(2011) Anne J. Ridley   CELL

ATP-Mediated Erk1/2 Activation Stimulates Bacterial Capture by Filopodia, which Precedes Shigella Invasion of Epithelial Cells

(2011) Stéphane Romero et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

A Molecular Pathway for Myosin II Recruitment to Stress Fibers

(2011) Sari Tojkander et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Cofilin Tunes the Nucleotide State of Actin Filaments and Severs at Bare and Decorated Segment Boundaries

(2011) Cristian Suarez et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Advances in light-based imaging of three-dimensional cellular ultrastructure

(2011) Pakorn Kanchanawong et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Directed cell invasion and migration during metastasis

(2011) Jose Javier Bravo-Cordero et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

The physical basis of active mechanosensitivity by the hair-cell bundle

(2011) Jérémie Barral et al.   Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery

Polymer physics of the cytoskeleton

(2011) Qi Wen et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN SOLID STATE & MATERIALS SCIENCE

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

(2011) Dennis Breitsprecher et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Cell motility: the integrating role of the plasma membrane

(2011) Kinneret Keren   EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS

Actin Filament Bundling by Fimbrin Is Important for Endocytosis, Cytokinesis, and Polarization in Fission Yeast

(2011) Colleen T. Skau et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Actin filaments function as a tension sensor by tension-dependent binding of cofilin to the filament

(2011) Kimihide Hayakawa et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Cofilin cooperates with fascin to disassemble filopodial actin filaments

(2011) D. Breitsprecher et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

The Mechanical Role of VASP in an Arp2/3-Complex-Based Motility Assay

(2011) Sandy Suei et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Fascin and VASP synergistically increase the Young’s modulus of actin comet tails

(2011) Sandy Suei et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Formins filter modified actin subunits during processive elongation

(2011) Qian Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Turnover of branched actin filament networks by stochastic fragmentation with ADF/cofilin

(2011) Anne-Cécile Reymann et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Measuring Forces between Two Single Actin Filaments during Bundle Formation

(2011) Martin Streichfuss et al.   NANO LETTERS

Polar actomyosin contractility destabilizes the position of the cytokinetic furrow

(2011) Jakub Sedzinski et al.   NATURE

Role of YAP/TAZ in mechanotransduction

(2011) Sirio Dupont et al.   NATURE

Reply: Visualizing branched actin filaments in lamellipodia by electron tomography

(2011) J. Victor Small et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Visualizing branched actin filaments in lamellipodia by electron tomography

(2011) Changsong Yang et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

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

(2011) Dylan T. Burnette et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Viscoelastic response of contractile filament bundles

(2011) Achim Besser et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Collective Dynamics of Active Cytoskeletal Networks

(2011) Simone Köhler et al.   PLoS One

Actin disassembly clock determines shape and speed of lamellipodial fragments

(2011) N. Ofer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Membrane tension regulates motility by controlling lamellipodium organization

(2011) E. L. Batchelder et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Temporary increase in plasma membrane tension coordinates the activation of exocytosis and contraction during cell spreading

(2011) N. C. Gauthier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Clathrin-mediated endocytosis in budding yeast

(2011) Jasper Weinberg et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Filopodia initiation

(2011) Changsong Yang et al.   Cell Adhesion & Migration

Force-Velocity Measurements of a Few Growing Actin Filaments

(2011) Coraline Brangbour et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Multifunctionality of the β-thymosin/WH2 module: G-actin sequestration, actin filament growth, nucleation, and severing

(2010) Clotilde Husson et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Quantitative Analysis of Actin Turnover in Listeria Comet Tails: Evidence for Catastrophic Filament Turnover

(2010) Hao Yuan Kueh et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Actin Filament Length Tunes Elasticity of Flexibly Cross-Linked Actin Networks

(2010) K.E. Kasza et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

ADF/Cofilin-Actin Rods in Neurodegenerative Diseases

(2010) J.R. Bamburg et al.   Current Alzheimer Research

GMF Is a Cofilin Homolog that Binds Arp2/3 Complex to Stimulate Filament Debranching and Inhibit Actin Nucleation

(2010) Meghal Gandhi et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A “Primer”-Based Mechanism Underlies Branched Actin Filament Network Formation and Motility

(2010) Vérane Achard et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Dynamics of endothelial cell behavior in sprouting angiogenesis

(2010) Hanna M Eilken et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

The plasticity of cytoskeletal dynamics underlying neoplastic cell migration

(2010) Victoria Sanz-Moreno et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Frontiers of microscopy-based research into cell–matrix adhesions

(2010) Ohad Medalia et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Nuclear mechanics during cell migration

(2010) Peter Friedl et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Assembly of filopodia by the formin FRL2 (FMNL3)

(2010) Elizabeth S. Harris et al.   Cytoskeleton

Stretchy Proteins on Stretchy Substrates: The Important Elements of Integrin-Mediated Rigidity Sensing

(2010) Simon W. Moore et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Actin Cross-link Assembly and Disassembly Mechanics for α-Actinin and Fascin

(2010) David S. Courson et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

(2010) Scott D. Hansen et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Loss of Aip1 reveals a role in maintaining the actin monomer pool and an in vivo oligomer assembly pathway

(2010) Voytek Okreglak et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Actin, microtubules, and vimentin intermediate filaments cooperate for elongation of invadopodia

(2010) Marie Schoumacher et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Structure, Evolutionary Conservation, and Conformational Dynamics of Homo sapiens Fascin-1, an F-actin Crosslinking Protein

(2010) Reza Sharifi Sedeh et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Slow down of actin depolymerization by cross-linking molecules

(2010) Kurt M. Schmoller et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Quantitative Analysis of the Mechanism of Endocytic Actin Patch Assembly and Disassembly in Fission Yeast

(2010) Vladimir Sirotkin et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Mathematical Modeling of Endocytic Actin Patch Kinetics in Fission Yeast: Disassembly Requires Release of Actin Filament Fragments

(2010) Julien Berro et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Cortical Mechanics and Meiosis II Completion in Mammalian Oocytes Are Mediated by Myosin-II and Ezrin-Radixin-Moesin (ERM) Proteins

(2010) Stephanie M. Larson et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

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

(2010) Cyrus A. Wilson et al.   NATURE

Structure and control of the actin regulatory WAVE complex

(2010) Zhucheng Chen et al.   NATURE

Cell biology: Actin filaments up against a wall

(2010) Cécile Sykes et al.   NATURE

Nanoscale architecture of integrin-based cell adhesions

(2010) Pakorn Kanchanawong et al.   NATURE

Cell mechanics and the cytoskeleton

(2010) Daniel A. Fletcher et al.   NATURE

Hydrostatic pressure and the actomyosin cortex drive mitotic cell rounding

(2010) Martin P. Stewart et al.   NATURE

Rickettsia Sca2 is a bacterial formin-like mediator of actin-based motility

(2010) Cat M. Haglund et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Electron tomography reveals unbranched networks of actin filaments in lamellipodia

(2010) Edit Urban et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Nucleation geometry governs ordered actin networks structures

(2010) Anne-Cécile Reymann et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

A nucleator arms race: cellular control of actin assembly

(2010) Kenneth G. Campellone et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Self-Assembly of Filopodia-Like Structures on Supported Lipid Bilayers

(2010) Kwonmoo Lee et al.   SCIENCE

Rotational Movement of the Formin mDia1 Along the Double Helical Strand of an Actin Filament

(2010) H. Mizuno et al.   SCIENCE

ADF/Cofilin: a functional node in cell biology

(2010) Barbara W. Bernstein et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Discussing the morphology of actin filaments in lamellipodia

(2010) Henry N. Higgs   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Control of Directed Cell Migration In Vivo by Membrane-to-Cortex Attachment

(2010) Alba Diz-Muñoz et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Particle-Tracking Microrheology of Living Cells: Principles and Applications

(2009) Denis Wirtz   Annual Review of Biophysics

Role of Focal Adhesions and Mechanical Stresses in the Formation and Progression of the Lamellum Interface

(2009) Tom Shemesh et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cytoskeletal Polymer Networks: Viscoelastic Properties are Determined by the Microscopic Interaction Potential of Cross-links

(2009) O. Lieleg et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Mechanics, malignancy, and metastasis: The force journey of a tumor cell

(2009) Sanjay Kumar et al.   CANCER AND METASTASIS REVIEWS

Diaphanous-Related Formins Are Required for Invadopodia Formation and Invasion of Breast Tumor Cells

(2009) F. Lizarraga et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

Cofilin Dissociates Arp2/3 Complex and Branches from Actin Filaments

(2009) Chikio Chan et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Mechanical modes of ‘amoeboid’ cell migration

(2009) Tim Lämmermann et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Active gels as a description of the actin‐myosin cytoskeleton

(2009) Jean‐François Joanny et al.   HFSP Journal

Mechanics of the F-actin cytoskeleton

(2009) Jonathan Stricker et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Actin filament dynamics are dominated by rapid growth and severing activity in theArabidopsiscortical array

(2009) Christopher J. Staiger et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

One-dimensional topography underlies three-dimensional fibrillar cell migration

(2009) Andrew D. Doyle et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

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

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

Activation of the WAVE Complex by Coincident Signals Controls Actin Assembly

(2009) Andres M. Lebensohn et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Unleashing formins to remodel the actin and microtubule cytoskeletons

(2009) Melissa A. Chesarone et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Rapid formin-mediated actin-filament elongation is essential for polarized plant cell growth

(2009) L. Vidali et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Merlin and the ERM proteins – regulators of receptor distribution and signaling at the cell cortex

(2009) Andrea I. McClatchey et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

In Silico Reconstitution of Actin-Based Symmetry Breaking and Motility

(2009) Mark J. Dayel et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Capping Protein Increases the Rate of Actin-Based Motility by Promoting Filament Nucleation by the Arp2/3 Complex

(2008) Orkun Akin et al.   CELL

Nuclear Shape, Mechanics, and Mechanotransduction

(2008) Kris Noel Dahl et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Ena/VASP: proteins at the tip of the nervous system

(2008) Frauke Drees et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Arp2/3 complex interactions and actin network turnover in lamellipodia

(2008) Frank PL Lai et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

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

(2008) Dennis Breitsprecher et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Ena/VASP Proteins Capture Actin Filament Barbed Ends

(2008) Lejla Pasic et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Relaxing the actin cytoskeleton for adhesion and movement with Ena/VASP

(2008) Léa Trichet et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

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

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

WASP family members and formin proteins coordinate regulation of cell protrusions in carcinoma cells

(2008) Corina Sarmiento et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Actin disassembly by cofilin, coronin, and Aip1 occurs in bursts and is inhibited by barbed-end cappers

(2008) Hao Yuan Kueh et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanisms of actin stress fibre assembly

(2008) P. NAUMANEN et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY

Cofilin Increases the Bending Flexibility of Actin Filaments: Implications for Severing and Cell Mechanics

(2008) Brannon R. McCullough et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Mechanism of shape determination in motile cells

(2008) Kinneret Keren et al.   NATURE

Rapid leukocyte migration by integrin-independent flowing and squeezing

(2008) Tim Lämmermann et al.   NATURE

Actin and α-actinin orchestrate the assembly and maturation of nascent adhesions in a myosin II motor-independent manner

(2008) Colin K. Choi et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Membrane-induced bundling of actin filaments

(2008) Allen P. Liu et al.   Nature Physics

Mechanotransduction gone awry

(2008) Diana E. Jaalouk et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Cross-Linking Molecules Modify Composite Actin Networks Independently

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

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

(2008) Antonina Y. Alexandrova et al.   PLoS One

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 Dynamics of Filopodia on Compliant Substrates

(2008) C. E. Chan et al.   SCIENCE

Hemodynamic shear stress and the endothelium in cardiovascular pathophysiology

(2008) Peter F Davies   Nature clinical practice. Cardiovascular medicine

Stochastic Severing of Actin Filaments by Actin Depolymerizing Factor/Cofilin Controls the Emergence of a Steady Dynamical Regime

(2007) Jeremy Roland et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Life and Times of a Cellular Bleb

(2007) Guillaume T. Charras et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The Role of the FH1 Domain and Profilin in Formin-Mediated Actin-Filament Elongation and Nucleation

(2007) Aditya Paul et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A Cytoskeletal Demolition Worker: Myosin II Acts as an Actin Depolymerization Agent

(2007) Lior Haviv et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY