Three-dimensional cell body shape dictates the onset of traction force generation and growth of focal adhesions

A contractile and counterbalancing adhesion system controls the 3D shape of crawling cells

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Membrane Tension in Rapidly Moving Cells Is Determined by Cytoskeletal Forces

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Cell geometric constraints induce modular gene-expression patterns via redistribution of HDAC3 regulated by actomyosin contractility

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Quantitative mapping of averaged focal adhesion dynamics in migrating cells by shape normalization

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Evidence of a large-scale mechanosensing mechanism for cellular adaptation to substrate stiffness

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The mechanics behind cell polarity

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Spatial coordination between cell and nuclear shape within micropatterned endothelial cells

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Initial Dynamics of Cell Spreading Are Governed by Dissipation in the Actin Cortex

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Spatiotemporal Constraints on the Force-Dependent Growth of Focal Adhesions

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A tension-induced mechanotransduction pathway promotes epithelial morphogenesis

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Analysis of the myosin-II-responsive focal adhesion proteome reveals a role for β-Pix in negative regulation of focal adhesion maturation

(2011) Jean-Cheng Kuo et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Fibroblast polarization is a matrix-rigidity-dependent process controlled by focal adhesion mechanosensing

(2011) Masha Prager-Khoutorsky et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Early integrin binding to Arg-Gly-Asp peptide activates actin polymerization and contractile movement that stimulates outward translocation

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

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Cell shape and contractility regulate ciliogenesis in cell cycle–arrested cells

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Real-time single-cell response to stiffness

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Geometric cues for directing the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells

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Single-cell response to stiffness exhibits muscle-like behavior

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A perinuclear actin cap regulates nuclear shape

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Micropatterning of Single Endothelial Cell Shape Reveals a Tight Coupling between Nuclear Volume in G1 and Proliferation

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Tissue Deformation Modulates Twist Expression to Determine Anterior Midgut Differentiation in Drosophila Embryos

(2008) Nicolas Desprat et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

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

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

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Quantification of Cell Edge Velocities and Traction Forces Reveals Distinct Motility Modules during Cell Spreading

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