Constructing modular and universal single molecule tension sensor using protein G to study mechano-sensitive receptors

Force-Induced Rupture of a DNA Duplex: From Fundamentals to Force Sensors

(2015) Majid Mosayebi et al.   ACS Nano

Integrin Molecular Tension within Motile Focal Adhesions

(2015) Xuefeng Wang et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Mechanical Allostery: Evidence for a Force Requirement in the Proteolytic Activation of Notch

(2015) Wendy R. Gordon et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Single molecular force across single integrins dictates cell spreading

(2015) Farhan Chowdhury et al.   Integrative Biology

Integrin-Generated Forces Lead to Streptavidin-Biotin Unbinding in Cellular Adhesions

(2014) Carol Jurchenko et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A DNA-based molecular probe for optically reporting cellular traction forces

(2014) Brandon L Blakely et al.   NATURE METHODS

DNA-based digital tension probes reveal integrin forces during early cell adhesion

(2014) Yun Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Molecular Tension Sensors Report Forces Generated by Single Integrin Molecules in Living Cells

(2013) Masatoshi Morimatsu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Defining Single Molecular Forces Required to Activate Integrin and Notch Signaling

(2013) X. Wang et al.   SCIENCE

Notch Ligand Endocytosis Generates Mechanical Pulling Force Dependent on Dynamin, Epsins, and Actin

(2012) Laurence Meloty-Kapella et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

E-cadherin is under constitutive actomyosin-generated tension that is increased at cell-cell contacts upon externally applied stretch

(2012) N. Borghi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Visualizing mechanical tension across membrane receptors with a fluorescent sensor

(2011) Daniel R Stabley et al.   NATURE METHODS

Vinculin potentiates E-cadherin mechanosensing and is recruited to actin-anchored sites within adherens junctions in a myosin II–dependent manner

(2010) Quint le Duc et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Cis-interactions between Notch and Delta generate mutually exclusive signalling states

(2010) David Sprinzak et al.   NATURE

Restriction of Receptor Movement Alters Cellular Response: Physical Force Sensing by EphA2

(2010) K. Salaita et al.   SCIENCE

Rigidity-Dependent Cross Talk between Integrin and Cadherin Signaling

(2009) Jones Tsai et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A practical guide to single-molecule FRET

(2008) Rahul Roy et al.   NATURE METHODS

Demonstration that the shear force required to separate short double-stranded DNA does not increase significantly with sequence length for sequences longer than 25 base pairs

(2008) K. Hatch et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E