Network Contractility during Cytokinesis—From Molecular to Global Views

Tools to Study Nonmuscle Myosin-2 Motor Function Revisited

(2018) Sarah Heissler et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The Role of Mitotic Cell-Substrate Adhesion Re-modeling in Animal Cell Division

(2018) Christina L. Dix et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

The actin cortex at a glance

(2018) Priyamvada Chugh et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

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

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

Coarse-grained simulations of actomyosin rings point to a nodeless model involving both unipolar and bipolar myosins

(2018) Lam T. Nguyen et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Structure of the fission yeast actomyosin ring during constriction

(2018) Matthew T. Swulius et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Polymerization pathway of mammalian nonmuscle myosin 2s

(2018) Xiong Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A positive feedback-based mechanism for constriction rate acceleration during cytokinesis in C. elegans

(2018) Renat N Khaliullin et al.   eLife

Latrunculin A Accelerates Actin Filament Depolymerization in Addition to Sequestering Actin Monomers

(2018) Ikuko Fujiwara et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Optogenetic dissection of mitotic spindle positioning in vivo

(2018) Lars-Eric Fielmich et al.   eLife

Polarity sorting drives remodeling of actin-myosin networks

(2018) Viktoria Wollrab et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

The ARP2/3 complex prevents excessive formin activity during cytokinesis

(2018) Fung-Yi Chan et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Actin turnover maintains actin filament homeostasis during cytokinetic ring contraction

(2017) Ting Gang Chew et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Plastin increases cortical connectivity to facilitate robust polarization and timely cytokinesis

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

Nine unanswered questions about cytokinesis

(2017) Thomas D. Pollard   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Actin visualization at a glance

(2017) Michael Melak et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Multimodal and Polymorphic Interactions between Anillin and Actin: Their Implications for Cytokinesis

(2017) Silvana Jananji et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The ultrastructural organization of actin and myosin II filaments in the contractile ring: new support for an old model of cytokinesis

(2017) John H. Henson et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Long-range self-organization of cytoskeletal myosin II filament stacks

(2017) Shiqiong Hu et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Effect of ATP and regulatory light-chain phosphorylation on the polymerization of mammalian nonmuscle myosin II

(2017) Xiong Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Optogenetic control of cellular forces and mechanotransduction

(2017) Léo Valon et al.   Nature Communications

Cytokinesis in vertebrate cells initiates by contraction of an equatorial actomyosin network composed of randomly oriented filaments

(2017) Felix Spira et al.   eLife

Nanoscale architecture of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe contractile ring

(2017) Nathan A McDonald et al.   eLife

Actomyosin Cortical Mechanical Properties in Nonadherent Cells Determined by Atomic Force Microscopy

(2016) Alexander X. Cartagena-Rivera et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Review: The ATPase mechanism of myosin and actomyosin

(2016) Michael A. Geeves   BIOPOLYMERS

Architecture and Connectivity Govern Actin Network Contractility

(2016) Hajer Ennomani et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Mammalian Nonmuscle Myosin II Binds to Anionic Phospholipids with Concomitant Dissociation of the Regulatory Light Chain

(2016) Xiong Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Robust gap repair in the contractile ring ensures timely completion of cytokinesis

(2016) Ana M. Silva et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Local RhoA activation induces cytokinetic furrows independent of spindle position and cell cycle stage

(2016) Elizabeth Wagner et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Cellular functions of the ADF/cofilin family at a glance

(2016) Georgios Kanellos et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Regulators of actin filament barbed ends at a glance

(2016) Shashank Shekhar et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

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

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

Avoiding artefacts when counting polymerized actin in live cells with LifeAct fused to fluorescent proteins

(2016) Naomi Courtemanche et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

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

Still and rotating myosin clusters determine cytokinetic ring constriction

(2016) Viktoria Wollrab et al.   Nature Communications

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

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

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

Myosin 18A Coassembles with Nonmuscle Myosin 2 to Form Mixed Bipolar Filaments

(2015) Neil Billington et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Mechanical Stress and Network Structure Drive Protein Dynamics during Cytokinesis

(2015) Vasudha Srivastava et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Four things to know about myosin light chains as reporters for non-muscle myosin-2 dynamics in live cells

(2015) Sarah M. Heissler et al.   Cytoskeleton

Actin Mechanics and Fragmentation

(2015) Enrique M. De La Cruz et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Active gel physics

(2015) J. Prost et al.   Nature Physics

Forcing cells into shape: the mechanics of actomyosin contractility

(2015) Michael Murrell et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Dynamic Force Balances and Cell Shape Changes during Cytokinesis

(2015) Anirban Sain et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Furrow Constriction in Animal Cell Cytokinesis

(2014) Hervé Turlier et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cellular Control of Cortical Actin Nucleation

(2014) Miia Bovellan et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Endogenous Species of Mammalian Nonmuscle Myosin IIA and IIB Include Activated Monomers and Heteropolymers

(2014) Maria S. Shutova et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Cytokinetic Abscission: Molecular Mechanisms and Temporal Control

(2014) Beata Mierzwa et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

High-Resolution Temporal Analysis Reveals a Functional Timeline for the Molecular Regulation of Cytokinesis

(2014) Tim Davies et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Mechanism of Cytokinetic Contractile Ring Constriction in Fission Yeast

(2014) Matthew R. Stachowiak et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Dynamic myosin phosphorylation regulates contractile pulses and tissue integrity during epithelial morphogenesis

(2014) Claudia G. Vasquez et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Septins promote F-actin ring formation by crosslinking actin filaments into curved bundles

(2014) Manos Mavrakis et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Single-molecule analysis of cell surface dynamics in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos

(2014) François B Robin et al.   NATURE METHODS

Actin Dynamics, Architecture, and Mechanics in Cell Motility

(2014) Laurent Blanchoin et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Force to Divide: Structural and Mechanical Requirements for Actomyosin Ring Contraction

(2013) Inês Mendes Pinto et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Characterization of Three Full-length Human Nonmuscle Myosin II Paralogs

(2013) Neil Billington et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Formins at a glance

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

In vitro contraction of cytokinetic ring depends on myosin II but not on actin dynamics

(2013) Mithilesh Mishra et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Myosin motors fragment and compact membrane-bound actin filaments

(2013) Sven K Vogel et al.   eLife

Understanding the Cooperative Interaction between Myosin II and Actin Cross-Linkers Mediated by Actin Filaments during Mechanosensation

(2012) Tianzhi Luo et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Contributions of Turgor Pressure, the Contractile Ring, and Septum Assembly to Forces in Cytokinesis in Fission Yeast

(2012) Stephen A. Proctor et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The RhoGAP Domain of CYK-4 Has an Essential Role in RhoA Activation

(2012) Andy Loria et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Rho GTPases in animal cell cytokinesis: An occupation by the one percent

(2012) Shawn N. Jordan et al.   Cytoskeleton

Actin Depolymerization Drives Actomyosin Ring Contraction during Budding Yeast Cytokinesis

(2012) Inês Mendes Pinto et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Hierarchical assembly of the eggshell and permeability barrier inC. elegans

(2012) Sara K. Olson et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The myosin superfamily at a glance

(2012) M. A. Hartman et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

α-Actinin and fimbrin cooperate with myosin II to organize actomyosin bundles during contractile-ring assembly

(2012) Damien Laporte et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Contractile Units in Disordered Actomyosin Bundles Arise from F-Actin Buckling

(2012) Martin Lenz et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Nonmuscle myosin II exerts tension but does not translocate actin in vertebrate cytokinesis

(2012) X. Ma et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

F-actin buckling coordinates contractility and severing in a biomimetic actomyosin cortex

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

Actin Network Architecture Can Determine Myosin Motor Activity

(2012) A.-C. Reymann et al.   SCIENCE

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

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

Structure-Function Relationships of the G Domain, a Canonical Switch Motif

(2011) Alfred Wittinghofer et al.   Annual Review of Biochemistry

IQGAP-Related Rng2p Organizes Cortical Nodes and Ensures Position of Cell Division in Fission Yeast

(2011) Anup Padmanabhan et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Assembly and architecture of precursor nodes during fission yeast cytokinesis

(2011) Damien Laporte et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Formins filter modified actin subunits during processive elongation

(2011) Qian Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Acute Drug Treatment in the Early C. elegans Embryo

(2011) Ana Carvalho et al.   PLoS One

Determinants of Myosin II Cortical Localization during Cytokinesis

(2010) Ryota Uehara et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Biphasic targeting and cleavage furrow ingression directed by the tail of a myosin II

(2010) Xiaodong Fang et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Rho and Anillin-dependent Control of mDia2 Localization and Function in Cytokinesis

(2010) Sadanori Watanabe et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Myosin II contributes to cell-scale actin network treadmilling through network disassembly

(2010) Cyrus A. Wilson et al.   NATURE

Cytokinesis through biochemical–mechanical feedback loops

(2010) Alexandra Surcel et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Structural Memory in the Contractile Ring Makes the Duration of Cytokinesis Independent of Cell Size

(2009) Ana Carvalho et al.   CELL

Mechanosensing through Cooperative Interactions between Myosin II and the Actin Crosslinker Cortexillin I

(2009) Yixin Ren et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Hydrodynamics of Cellular Cortical Flows and the Formation of Contractile Rings

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

Cell adhesion molecules regulate contractile ring-independent cytokinesis in Dictyostelium discoideum

(2008) Akira Nagasaki et al.   CELL RESEARCH

Interactions between Myosin and Actin Crosslinkers Control Cytokinesis Contractility Dynamics and Mechanics

(2008) Elizabeth M. Reichl et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Anillin Is a Scaffold Protein That Links RhoA, Actin, and Myosin during Cytokinesis

(2008) Alisa J. Piekny et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Tracking bio-molecules in live cells using quantum dots

(2008) Yun-Pei Chang et al.   Journal of Biophotonics

mDia2 Induces the Actin Scaffold for the Contractile Ring and Stabilizes Its Position during Cytokinesis in NIH 3T3 Cells

(2008) Sadanori Watanabe et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Quantum dots versus organic dyes as fluorescent labels

(2008) Ute Resch-Genger et al.   NATURE METHODS

Distinct Pathways for the Early Recruitment of Myosin II and Actin to the Cytokinetic Furrow

(2007) Mian Zhou et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL