Unite to divide – how models and biological experimentation have come together to reveal mechanisms of cytokinesis

Subcellular scaling: does size matter for cell division?

(2018) Rebecca Heald et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

A CRISPR Tagging-Based Screen Reveals Localized Players in Wnt-Directed Asymmetric Cell Division

(2018) Jennifer K. Heppert et al.   GENETICS

Cross-linkers both drive and brake cytoskeletal remodeling and furrowing in cytokinesis

(2018) Carlos Patino Descovich et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

A CRISPR Tagging-Based Screen Reveals Localized Players in Wnt-Directed Asymmetric Cell Division

(2018) Jennifer K. Heppert et al.   GENETICS

Plastin increases cortical connectivity to facilitate robust polarization and timely cytokinesis

(2017) Wei Yung Ding et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

A theory that predicts behaviors of disordered cytoskeletal networks

(2017) Julio M Belmonte et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

Transmission of cytokinesis forces via E-cadherin dilution and actomyosin flows

(2017) Diana Pinheiro et al.   NATURE

Mechanoregulated inhibition of formin facilitates contractile actomyosin ring assembly

(2017) Dennis Zimmermann et al.   Nature Communications

Unicycler: Resolving bacterial genome assemblies from short and long sequencing reads

(2017) Ryan R. Wick et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Architecture and Connectivity Govern Actin Network Contractility

(2016) Hajer Ennomani et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Modeling cytokinesis of eukaryotic cells driven by the actomyosin contractile ring

(2016) Jia Zhao et al.   International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

A theoretical model of cytokinesis implicates feedback between membrane curvature and cytoskeletal organization in asymmetric cytokinetic furrowing

(2016) Jonas F. Dorn et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

The F-actin bundler α-actinin Ain1 is tailored for ring assembly and constriction during cytokinesis in fission yeast

(2016) Yujie Li et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Agent-based modeling: case study in cleavage furrow models

(2016) Alex Mogilner et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Expansion and concatenation of nonmuscle myosin IIA filaments drive cellular contractile system formation during interphase and mitosis

(2016) Aidan M. Fenix et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Role of Turnover in Active Stress Generation in a Filament Network

(2016) Tetsuya Hiraiwa et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Molecular organization of cytokinesis nodes and contractile rings by super-resolution fluorescence microscopy of live fission yeast

(2016) Caroline Laplante et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cortical flow aligns actin filaments to form a furrow

(2016) Anne-Cecile Reymann et al.   eLife

Actin kinetics shapes cortical network structure and mechanics

(2016) M. Fritzsche et al.   Science Advances

Isoforms Confer Characteristic Force Generation and Mechanosensation by Myosin II Filaments

(2015) Samantha Stam et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A Combination of Actin Treadmilling and Cross-Linking Drives Contraction of Random Actomyosin Arrays

(2015) Dietmar B. Oelz et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Kinetochore-localized PP1–Sds22 couples chromosome segregation to polar relaxation

(2015) Nelio T. L. Rodrigues et al.   NATURE

Active gel physics

(2015) J. Prost et al.   Nature Physics

Dynamic Force Balances and Cell Shape Changes during Cytokinesis

(2015) Anirban Sain et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

On the embryonic cell division beyond the contractile ring mechanism: experimental and computational investigation of effects of vitelline confinement, temperature and egg size

(2015) Evgeny Gladilin et al.   PeerJ

Dynamic Network Morphology and Tension Buildup in a 3D Model of Cytokinetic Ring Assembly

(2014) Tamara C. Bidone et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Furrow Constriction in Animal Cell Cytokinesis

(2014) Hervé Turlier et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Nonmuscle Myosin II Isoforms Coassemble in Living Cells

(2014) Jordan R. Beach et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Quantitative Analysis of Cytokinesis In Situ during C. elegans Postembryonic Development

(2014) Karine G. Bourdages et al.   PLoS One

A multicellular view of cytokinesis in epithelial tissue

(2014) Sophie Herszterg et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Cortical Dynein and Asymmetric Membrane Elongation Coordinately Position the Spindle in Anaphase

(2013) Tomomi Kiyomitsu et al.   CELL

Septins Regulate the Contractility of the Actomyosin Ring to Enable Adherens Junction Remodeling during Cytokinesis of Epithelial Cells

(2013) Nabila Founounou et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Adhesion Disengagement Uncouples Intrinsic and Extrinsic Forces to Drive Cytokinesis in Epithelial Tissues

(2013) Charlène Guillot et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Adherens junctions determine the apical position of the midbody during follicular epithelial cell division

(2013) Eurico Morais-de-Sá et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Analysis of turnover dynamics of the submembranous actin cortex

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

Cytokinesis in Animal Cells

(2012) Rebecca A. Green et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Actin Depolymerization Drives Actomyosin Ring Contraction during Budding Yeast Cytokinesis

(2012) Inês Mendes Pinto et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Perceptions and Experiences of Research Participants on Gender-Based Violence Community Based Survey: Implications for Ethical Guidelines

(2012) Yandisa Sikweyiya et al.   PLoS One

Deconvolution of the Cellular Force-Generating Subsystems that Govern Cytokinesis Furrow Ingression

(2012) Christopher C. Poirier et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Comparative Analysis of Viscosity of Complex Liquids and Cytoplasm of Mammalian Cells at the Nanoscale

(2011) Tomasz Kalwarczyk et al.   NANO LETTERS

Anisotropies in cortical tension reveal the physical basis of polarizing cortical flows

(2010) Mirjam Mayer et al.   NATURE

Understanding cytokinesis: lessons from fission yeast

(2010) Thomas D. Pollard et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Dynamical organization of the cytoskeletal cortex probed by micropipette aspiration

(2010) J. Brugues et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hydrodynamics of Cellular Cortical Flows and the Formation of Contractile Rings

(2009) G. Salbreux et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Role of cortical tension in bleb growth

(2009) J.-Y. Tinevez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Modeling cellular deformations using the level set formalism

(2008) Liu Yang et al.   BMC Systems Biology