Multiscale impact of nucleotides and cations on the conformational equilibrium, elasticity and rheology of actin filaments and crosslinked networks

Modeling semiflexible polymer networks

(2014) C. P. Broedersz et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Coarse-Graining Provides Insights on the Essential Nature of Heterogeneity in Actin Filaments

(2012) Jun Fan et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A new approach to model cross-linked actin networks: Multi-scale continuum formulation and computational analysis

(2012) Michael J. Unterberger et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Morphology and Viscoelasticity of Actin Networks Formed with the Mutually Interacting Crosslinkers: Palladin and Alpha-actinin

(2012) Brian Grooman et al.   PLoS One

Complex Intramolecular Mechanics of G-actin — An Elastic Network Study

(2012) Markus Düttmann et al.   PLoS One

Identification of cation-binding sites on actin that drive polymerization and modulate bending stiffness

(2012) H. Kang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Multiscale modeling of cellular actin filaments: From atomistic molecular to coarse-grained dynamics

(2012) Marco A. Deriu et al.   PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS

Comparison between Actin Filament Models: Coarse-Graining Reveals Essential Differences

(2012) Marissa G. Saunders et al.   STRUCTURE

Dynamic Role of Cross-Linking Proteins in Actin Rheology

(2011) Taeyoon Kim et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Origin of Twist-Bend Coupling in Actin Filaments

(2010) Enrique M. De La Cruz et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Structural Basis for Actin Assembly, Activation of ATP Hydrolysis, and Delayed Phosphate Release

(2010) Kenji Murakami et al.   CELL

Biomechanics of actin filaments: A computational multi-level study

(2010) Marco A. Deriu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Practical modeling of molecular systems with symmetries

(2010) Sergei Grudinin et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY

Normal mode analysis and applications in biological physics

(2010) Eric C Dykeman et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Direct visualization of secondary structures of F-actin by electron cryomicroscopy

(2010) Takashi Fujii et al.   NATURE

Actin filament remodeling by actin depolymerization factor/cofilin

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

Structural and Viscoelastic Properties of Actin/Filamin Networks: Cross-Linked versus Bundled Networks

(2009) K.M. Schmoller et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cytoskeletal Polymer Networks: Viscoelastic Properties are Determined by the Microscopic Interaction Potential of Cross-links

(2009) O. Lieleg et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The nature of the globular- to fibrous-actin transition

(2009) Toshiro Oda et al.   NATURE

Nucleotide-dependent conformational states of actin

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

Structure and dynamics of cross-linked actin networks

(2009) Oliver Lieleg et al.   Soft Matter

Molecular Mechanics of the α-Actinin Rod Domain: Bending, Torsional, and Extensional Behavior

(2009) Javad Golji et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Computational Analysis of Viscoelastic Properties of Crosslinked Actin Networks

(2009) Taeyoon Kim et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

The Elastic Properties of the Structurally Characterized Myosin II S2 Subdomain: A Molecular Dynamics and Normal Mode Analysis

(2008) Ivana Adamovic et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

GROMACS 4:  Algorithms for Highly Efficient, Load-Balanced, and Scalable Molecular Simulation

(2008) Berk Hess et al.   Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Nucleotide-dependence of G-actin conformation from multiple molecular dynamics simulations and observation of a putatively polymerization-competent superclosed state

(2008) Thomas Splettstoesser et al.   PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS