Diffusible Cross-linkers Cause Superexponential Friction Forces

Dynein harnesses active fluctuations of microtubules for faster movement

(2020) Yasin Ezber et al.   Nature Physics

Mechanisms of chromosome biorientation and bipolar spindle assembly analyzed by computational modeling

(2020) Christopher Edelmaier et al.   eLife

Theory of Cytoskeletal Reorganization during Cross-Linker-Mediated Mitotic Spindle Assembly

(2019) Adam R. Lamson et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Self-Organization of Minimal Anaphase Spindle Midzone Bundles

(2019) Jonathon Hannabuss et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Theory of antiparallel microtubule overlap stabilization by motors and diffusible crosslinkers

(2019) Manuel Lera‐Ramirez et al.   Cytoskeleton

Collective Force Generation by Molecular Motors Is Determined by Strain-Induced Unbinding

(2019) Mehmet Can Uçar et al.   NANO LETTERS

Geometry of antiparallel microtubule bundles regulates relative sliding and stalling by PRC1 and Kif4A

(2018) Sithara Wijeratne et al.   eLife

The mechanics of microtubule networks in cell division

(2017) Scott Forth et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Kinesin-5-independent mitotic spindle assembly requires the antiparallel microtubule crosslinker Ase1 in fission yeast

(2017) Sergio A. Rincon et al.   Nature Communications

Physical determinants of bipolar mitotic spindle assembly and stability in fission yeast

(2017) Robert Blackwell et al.   Science Advances

­Back-to-back mechanisms drive actomyosin ring closure during Drosophila embryo cleavage

(2016) Zenghui Xue et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Near-atomic cryo-EM structure of PRC1 bound to the microtubule

(2016) Elizabeth H. Kellogg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Diffusible Crosslinkers Generate Directed Forces in Microtubule Networks

(2015) Zdenek Lansky et al.   CELL

Measuring Pushing and Braking Forces Generated by Ensembles of Kinesin-5 Crosslinking Two Microtubules

(2015) Yuta Shimamoto et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Solid friction between soft filaments

(2015) Andrew Ward et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Viscoelasticity of Tau Proteins Leads to Strain Rate-Dependent Breaking of Microtubules during Axonal Stretch Injury: Predictions from a Mathematical Model

(2014) Hossein Ahmadzadeh et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Asymmetric Friction of Nonmotor MAPs Can Lead to Their Directional Motion in Active Microtubule Networks

(2014) Scott Forth et al.   CELL

Marking and Measuring Single Microtubules by PRC1 and Kinesin-4

(2013) Radhika Subramanian et al.   CELL

Colloquium: Modeling friction: From nanoscale to mesoscale

(2013) Andrea Vanossi et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

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

Adaptive braking by Ase1 prevents overlapping microtubules from sliding completely apart

(2011) Marcus Braun et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

A Minimal Midzone Protein Module Controls Formation and Length of Antiparallel Microtubule Overlaps

(2010) Peter Bieling et al.   CELL

Insights into Antiparallel Microtubule Crosslinking by PRC1, a Conserved Nonmotor Microtubule Binding Protein

(2010) Radhika Subramanian et al.   CELL

Microtubule organization by the antagonistic mitotic motors kinesin-5 and kinesin-14

(2010) Christian Hentrich et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Active force generation in cross-linked filament bundles without motor proteins

(2010) Sam Walcott et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

A mechanical model of actin stress fiber formation and substrate elasticity sensing in adherent cells

(2010) Sam Walcott et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mechanics of cytokinesis in eukaryotes

(2009) Thomas D Pollard   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Phospho-Regulated Interaction between Kinesin-6 Klp9p and Microtubule Bundler Ase1p Promotes Spindle Elongation

(2009) Chuanhai Fu et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Ase1/Prc1-dependent spindle elongation corrects merotely during anaphase in fission yeast

(2009) Thibault Courtheoux et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Binding site models of friction due to the formation and rupture of bonds: State-function formalism, force-velocity relations, response to slip velocity transients, and slip stability

(2009) Manoj Srinivasan et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Protein Friction Limits Diffusive and Directed Movements of Kinesin Motors on Microtubules

(2009) V. Bormuth et al.   SCIENCE

Microtubule-Driven Multimerization Recruits ase1p onto Overlapping Microtubules

(2008) Lukas C. Kapitein et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

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

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

Single-molecule force spectroscopy: optical tweezers, magnetic tweezers and atomic force microscopy

(2008) Keir C Neuman et al.   NATURE METHODS