Actin stress fibre subtypes in mesenchymal-migrating cells

 -Actin mRNA compartmentalization enhances focal adhesion stability and directs cell migration

(2012) Z. B. Katz et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Cell migration: Fibroblasts find a new way to get ahead: Figure 1.

(2012) Michael Sixt   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

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

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

Assembly of non-contractile dorsal stress fibers requires α-actinin-1 and Rac1 in migrating and spreading cells

(2012) Bianca Kovac et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Actin stress fibers - assembly, dynamics and biological roles

(2012) S. Tojkander et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Cells Lacking β-Actin are Genetically Reprogrammed and Maintain Conditional Migratory Capacity*

(2012) Davina Tondeleir et al.   MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS

New dimensions in cell migration

(2012) Peter Friedl et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Life at the Leading Edge

(2011) Anne J. Ridley   CELL

A Molecular Pathway for Myosin II Recruitment to Stress Fibers

(2011) Sari Tojkander et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Quantitative proteomics of the integrin adhesome show a myosin II-dependent recruitment of LIM domain proteins

(2011) Herbert B Schiller et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Myosin IIA/IIB restrict adhesive and protrusive signaling to generate front–back polarity in migrating cells

(2011) Miguel Vicente-Manzanares et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

An association between NUAK2 and MRIP reveals a novel mechanism for regulation of actin stress fibers

(2011) T. Vallenius et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Dynamic and structural signatures of lamellar actomyosin force generation

(2011) Yvonne Aratyn-Schaus et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

β-Actin specifically controls cell growth, migration, and the G-actin pool

(2011) Tina M. Bunnell et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

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

Molecular Architecture and Function of Matrix Adhesions

(2011) B. Geiger et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Mechanotransduction In Vivo by Repeated Talin Stretch-Relaxation Events Depends upon Vinculin

(2011) Felix Margadant et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Intravital Imaging Illuminates Transforming Growth Factor β Signaling Switches during Metastasis

(2010) Silvia Giampieri et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

Dynamic regulation of sarcomeric actin filaments in striated muscle

(2010) Shoichiro Ono   Cytoskeleton

Cancer Dissemination—Lessons from Leukocytes

(2010) Chris D. Madsen et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Myosin II activity regulates vinculin recruitment to focal adhesions through FAK-mediated paxillin phosphorylation

(2010) Ana M. Pasapera et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Reducing background fluorescence reveals adhesions in 3D matrices

(2010) Kristopher E. Kubow et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Lifeact mice for studying F-actin dynamics

(2010) Julia Riedl et al.   NATURE METHODS

Cell adhesion: integrating cytoskeletal dynamics and cellular tension

(2010) J. Thomas Parsons et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

DAAM1 Is a Formin Required for Centrosome Re-Orientation during Cell Migration

(2010) Su-Fen Ang et al.   PLoS One

Integrins and Extracellular Matrix in Mechanotransduction

(2010) M. A. Schwartz   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transitions in Development and Disease

(2009) Jean Paul Thiery et al.   CELL

Local Cortical Tension by Myosin II Guides 3D Endothelial Cell Branching

(2009) Robert S. Fischer et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Force propagation across cells: mechanical coherence of dynamic cytoskeletons

(2009) Yunfei Cai et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Phosphorylation of α-Actinin 4 upon Epidermal Growth Factor Exposure Regulates Its Interaction with Actin

(2009) Hanshuang Shao et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Plasticity of cell migration: a multiscale tuning model

(2009) Peter Friedl et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The mechanical integrin cycle

(2009) E. Puklin-Faucher et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

The basics of epithelial-mesenchymal transition

(2009) Raghu Kalluri et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Coordination of Rho GTPase activities during cell protrusion

(2009) Matthias Machacek et al.   NATURE

A genetically encoded photoactivatable Rac controls the motility of living cells

(2009) Yi I. Wu et al.   NATURE

Non-muscle myosin II takes centre stage in cell adhesion and migration

(2009) Miguel Vicente-Manzanares et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR 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

Segregation and activation of myosin IIB creates a rear in migrating cells

(2008) Miguel Vicente-Manzanares et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

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

Environmental sensing through focal adhesions

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