An actin-based viscoplastic lock ensures progressive body-axis elongation

Morphogenetic degeneracies in the actomyosin cortex

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Measurement of cortical elasticity inDrosophila melanogasterembryos using ferrofluids

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The interplay of stiffness and force anisotropies drives embryo elongation

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(2016) Navid Bonakdar et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Local and tissue-scale forces drive oriented junction growth during tissue extension

(2015) Claudio Collinet et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanical Coupling between Endoderm Invagination and Axis Extension in Drosophila

(2015) Claire M. Lye et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Rho GTPase and Shroom direct planar polarized actomyosin contractility during convergent extension

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

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

Spontaneous Oscillations of Elastic Contractile Materials with Turnover

(2014) Kai Dierkes et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Microtubule severing by the katanin complex is activated by PPFR-1–dependent MEI-1 dephosphorylation

(2013) José-Eduardo Gomes et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

FHOD1 is a combined actin filament capping and bundling factor that selectively associates with actin arcs and stress fibers

(2013) A. Schonichen et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

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Z-line formins promote contractile lattice growth and maintenance in striated muscles ofC. elegans

(2012) Lei Mi-Mi et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Forces Driving Epithelial Spreading in Zebrafish Gastrulation

(2012) M. Behrndt et al.   SCIENCE

Cofilin-Linked Changes in Actin Filament Flexibility Promote Severing

(2011) Brannon R. McCullough et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

MicroRNA-200c Represses Migration and Invasion of Breast Cancer Cells by Targeting Actin-Regulatory Proteins FHOD1 and PPM1F

(2011) S. Jurmeister et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

A tension-induced mechanotransduction pathway promotes epithelial morphogenesis

(2011) Huimin Zhang et al.   NATURE

Planar polarized actomyosin contractile flows control epithelial junction remodelling

(2010) Matteo Rauzi et al.   NATURE

Myosin II regulation during C. elegans embryonic elongation: LET-502/ROCK, MRCK-1 and PAK-1, three kinases with different roles

(2009) C. Gally et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Super-resolution video microscopy of live cells by structured illumination

(2009) Peter Kner et al.   NATURE METHODS

Tissue Deformation Modulates Twist Expression to Determine Anterior Midgut Differentiation in Drosophila Embryos

(2008) Nicolas Desprat et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Pulsed contractions of an actin–myosin network drive apical constriction

(2008) Adam C. Martin et al.   NATURE