Spire and Formin 2 Synergize and Antagonize in Regulating Actin Assembly in Meiosis by a Ping-Pong Mechanism

Actin Monomers Activate Inverted Formin 2 by Competing with Its Autoinhibitory Interaction

(2013) Vinay Ramabhadran et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Sequential actin-based pushing forces drive meiosis I chromosome migration and symmetry breaking in oocytes

(2013) Kexi Yi et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Vesicles modulate an actin network for asymmetric spindle positioning

(2013) Zuzana Holubcová et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Dimeric WH2 domains in Vibrio VopF promote actin filament barbed-end uncapping and assisted elongation

(2013) Julien Pernier et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Formin mDia1 senses and generates mechanical forces on actin filaments

(2013) Antoine Jégou et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2012) Kexi Yi et al.   Cytoskeleton

Spindle positioning in mammalian oocytes

(2012) Agathe Chaigne et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Autoinhibition of the formin Cappuccino in the absence of canonical autoinhibitory domains

(2012) Batbileg Bor et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Confinement induces actin flow in a meiotic cytoplasm

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

Intermittent depolymerization of actin filaments is caused by photo-induced dimerization of actin protomers

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

Acentrosomal spindle assembly and chromosome segregation during oocyte meiosis

(2012) Julien Dumont et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Spire-Type Actin Nucleators Cooperate with Formin-2 to Drive Asymmetric Oocyte Division

(2011) Sybille Pfender et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Symmetry breaking in mouse oocytes requires transient F-actin meshwork destabilization

(2011) J. Azoury et al.   DEVELOPMENT

The C Terminus of Formin FMNL3 Accelerates Actin Polymerization and Contains a WH2 Domain-like Sequence That Binds Both Monomers and Filament Barbed Ends

(2011) Ernest G. Heimsath et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Molecular Basis of Actin Nucleation Factor Cooperativity

(2011) Kornelius Zeth et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Human Spire Interacts with the Barbed End of the Actin Filament

(2011) Takuto Ito et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

An actin-dependent mechanism for long-range vesicle transport

(2011) Melina Schuh   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Structure and function of the interacting domains of Spire and Fmn-family formins

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

Individual Actin Filaments in a Microfluidic Flow Reveal the Mechanism of ATP Hydrolysis and Give Insight Into the Properties of Profilin

(2011) Antoine Jégou et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

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

(2010) H. Mizuno et al.   SCIENCE

Identification of a Short Spir Interaction Sequence at the C-terminal End of Formin Subgroup Proteins

(2009) Markos Pechlivanis et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A New Model for Asymmetric Spindle Positioning in Mouse Oocytes

(2008) Melina Schuh et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Spindle Positioning in Mouse Oocytes Relies on a Dynamic Meshwork of Actin Filaments

(2008) Jessica Azoury et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Actin-driven chromosomal motility leads to symmetry breaking in mammalian meiotic oocytes

(2008) Hongbin Li et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY