Membrane-proximal F-actin restricts local membrane protrusions and directs cell migration

Transmembrane Pickets Connect Cyto- and Pericellular Skeletons Forming Barriers to Receptor Engagement

(2018) Spencer A. Freeman et al.   CELL

Cell Membranes Resist Flow

(2018) Zheng Shi et al.   CELL

Dissecting the actin cortex density and membrane-cortex distance in living cells by super-resolution microscopy

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Steering cell migration by alternating blebs and actin-rich protrusions

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Diffusion Barriers, Mechanical Forces, and the Biophysics of Phagocytosis

(2016) Philip P. Ostrowski et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

The Actin Cortex: A Bridge between Cell Shape and Function

(2016) Kevin J. Chalut et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Dynamics of the actin cytoskeleton mediates receptor cross talk: An emerging concept in tuning receptor signaling

(2016) Pieta K. Mattila et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Engulfed cadherin fingers are polarized junctional structures between collectively migrating endothelial cells

(2016) Arnold Hayer et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Confinement and Low Adhesion Induce Fast Amoeboid Migration of Slow Mesenchymal Cells

(2015) Yan-Jun Liu et al.   CELL

A molecular mechanotransduction pathway regulates collective migration of epithelial cells

(2015) Tamal Das et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Locally excitable Cdc42 signals steer cells during chemotaxis

(2015) Hee Won Yang et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Ezrin is a Major Regulator of Membrane Tension in Epithelial Cells

(2015) Bastian Rouven Brückner et al.   Scientific Reports

Erk regulation of actin capping and bundling by Eps8 promotes cortex tension and leader bleb-based migration

(2015) Jeremy S Logue et al.   eLife

Quantitative Analysis of Ezrin Turnover Dynamics in the Actin Cortex

(2014) Marco Fritzsche et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Contact Angle at the Leading Edge Controls Cell Protrusion Rate

(2014) Chiara Gabella et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Monitoring Actin Cortex Thickness in Live Cells

(2013) Andrew G. Clark et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Functions of cofilin in cell locomotion and invasion

(2013) Jose Javier Bravo-Cordero et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanisms of leading edge protrusion in interstitial migration

(2013) Kerry Wilson et al.   Nature Communications

Coordinated oscillations in cortical actin and Ca2+ correlate with cycles of vesicle secretion

(2012) R. Wollman et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Cell mechanics control rapid transitions between blebs and lamellipodia during migration

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

Actin cortex mechanics and cellular morphogenesis

(2012) Guillaume Salbreux et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Constitutively active ezrin increases membrane tension, slows migration, and impedes endothelial transmigration of lymphocytes in vivo in mice

(2011) Y. Liu et al.   BLOOD

A pharmacological cocktail for arresting actin dynamics in living cells

(2011) Grace E. Peng et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Development of an optimized backbone of FRET biosensors for kinases and GTPases

(2011) Naoki Komatsu et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Control of Directed Cell Migration In Vivo by Membrane-to-Cortex Attachment

(2010) Alba Diz-Muñoz et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Phospholipase C–mediated hydrolysis of PIP2 releases ERM proteins from lymphocyte membrane

(2009) Jian-Jiang Hao et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The cofilin activity cycle in lamellipodia and invadopodia

(2009) Matthew Oser et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY

Role of cortical tension in bleb growth

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