Formin’ actin in the nucleus

Formins at a glance

(2013) Dennis Breitsprecher et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Visualization of actin filaments and monomers in somatic cell nuclei

(2013) Brittany J. Belin et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

To be or not to be assembled: progressing into nuclear actin filaments

(2013) Robert Grosse et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

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

Nuclear Actin Network Assembly by Formins Regulates the SRF Coactivator MAL

(2013) C. Baarlink et al.   SCIENCE

Shedding light on nuclear actin dynamics and function

(2013) Richard Treisman   TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES

Formin mDia1 senses and generates mechanical forces on actin filaments

(2013) Antoine Jégou et al.   Nature Communications

What we talk about when we talk about nuclear actin

(2013) Brittany J Belin et al.   Nucleus

Active maintenance of nuclear actin by importin 9 supports transcription

(2012) J. Dopie et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Co-transcriptional nuclear actin dynamics

(2012) Piergiorgio Percipalle   Nucleus

The Small GTPase RhoA Localizes to the Nucleus and Is Activated by Net1 and DNA Damage Signals

(2011) Adi D. Dubash et al.   PLoS One

Structure of a Pentavalent G-Actin*MRTF-A Complex Reveals How G-Actin Controls Nucleocytoplasmic Shuttling of a Transcriptional Coactivator

(2011) S. Mouilleron et al.   Science Signaling

Direct actin binding to A- and B-type lamin tails and actin filament bundling by the lamin A tail

(2011) Dan N. Simon et al.   Nucleus

SnapShot: Formins

(2010) Christian Baarlink et al.   CELL

Nesprins LINC the nucleus and cytoskeleton

(2010) Jason A Mellad et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

An actin-regulated importin α/β-dependent extended bipartite NLS directs nuclear import of MRTF-A

(2010) Rafał Pawłowski et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Phospholipids regulate localization and activity of mDia1 formin

(2010) Nagendran Ramalingam et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanisms of plasma membrane targeting of formin mDia2 through its amino terminal domains

(2010) Roman Gorelik et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Actin dynamics and functions in the interphase nucleus: moving toward an understanding of nuclear polymeric actinThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in this Special Issue, entitled 29th Annual International Asilomar Chromatin and Chromosomes Conference, and has undergone the Journal’s usual peer review process.

(2009) Randall S. Gieni et al.   Biochemistry and Cell Biology

mDia2 Shuttles between the Nucleus and the Cytoplasm through the Importin-α/β- and CRM1-mediated Nuclear Transport Mechanism

(2009) Takashi Miki et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Rac1 accumulates in the nucleus during the G2 phase of the cell cycle and promotes cell division

(2008) David Michaelson et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY