Xenopusas a model for studies in mechanical stress and cell division

Myosin-10 independently influences mitotic spindle structure and mitotic progression

(2016) Joshua C. Sandquist et al.   Cytoskeleton

Molecular model for force production and transmission during vertebrate gastrulation

(2016) Katherine Pfister et al.   DEVELOPMENT

A toolbox to explore the mechanics of living embryonic tissues

(2016) Otger Campàs   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Wide and high resolution tension measurement using FRET in embryo

(2016) Satoshi Yamashita et al.   Scientific Reports

Mechanical Strain Determines the Axis of Planar Polarity in Ciliated Epithelia

(2015) Yuan-Hung Chien et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Force production and mechanical accommodation during convergent extension

(2015) J. Zhou et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Mechanics of blastopore closure during amphibian gastrulation

(2015) Rafey Feroze et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Lighting Up the Force: Investigating Mechanisms of Mechanotransduction Using Fluorescent Tension Probes

(2015) Carol Jurchenko et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

MgcRacGAP restricts active RhoA at the cytokinetic furrow and both RhoA and Rac1 at cell–cell junctions in epithelial cells

(2015) Elaina B. Breznau et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Emergence of homeostatic epithelial packing and stress dissipation through divisions oriented along the long cell axis

(2015) Tom P. J. Wyatt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mechanical strain induces E-cadherin-dependent Yap1 and  -catenin activation to drive cell cycle entry

(2015) B. W. Benham-Pyle et al.   SCIENCE

Interplay of Cell Shape and Division Orientation Promotes Robust Morphogenesis of Developing Epithelia

(2014) Fengzhu Xiong et al.   CELL

Tissue cohesion and the mechanics of cell rearrangement

(2014) R. David et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Dynein light intermediate chains maintain spindle bipolarity by functioning in centriole cohesion

(2014) Laura A. Jones et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanochemical actuators of embryonic epithelial contractility

(2014) YongTae Kim et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Spatial constraints control cell proliferation in tissues

(2014) S. J. Streichan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Force and the spindle: Mechanical cues in mitotic spindle orientation

(2014) Alexander Nestor-Bergmann et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

FAK transduces extracellular forces that orient the mitotic spindle and control tissue morphogenesis

(2014) Nicoletta I. Petridou et al.   Nature Communications

Mechanisms of spindle positioning: cortical force generators in the limelight

(2013) Sachin Kotak et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

A global pattern of mechanical stress polarizes cell divisions and cell shape in the growing Drosophila wing disc

(2013) Loïc LeGoff et al.   DEVELOPMENT

TransgenicXenopus laevisfor live imaging in cell and developmental biology

(2013) Chiyo Takagi et al.   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Directional migration of leading-edge mesoderm generates physical forces: Implication in Xenopus notochord formation during gastrulation

(2013) Yusuke Hara et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Differential proliferation rates generate patterns of mechanical tension that orient tissue growth

(2013) Yanlan Mao et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

NuMA localization, stability, and function in spindle orientation involve 4.1 and Cdk1 interactions

(2013) Lindsey Seldin et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Tension-oriented cell divisions limit anisotropic tissue tension in epithelial spreading during zebrafish epiboly

(2013) Pedro Campinho et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

A Rho GTPase Signal Treadmill Backs a Contractile Array

(2012) Brian M. Burkel et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Spindle Position in Symmetric Cell Divisions during Epiboly Is Controlled by Opposing and Dynamic Apicobasal Forces

(2012) Sarah Woolner et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Mechanisms of Intracellular Scaling

(2011) Daniel L. Levy et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Katanin Contributes to Interspecies Spindle Length Scaling in Xenopus

(2011) Rose Loughlin et al.   CELL

Influence of Cell Geometry on Division-Plane Positioning

(2011) Nicolas Minc et al.   CELL

Control of Local Rho GTPase Crosstalk by Abr

(2011) Emily M. Vaughan et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Mitotic spindle misorientation in cancer - out of alignment and into the fire

(2011) J. C. Pease et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

External forces control mitotic spindle positioning

(2011) Jenny Fink et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Large-scale mechanical properties of Xenopus embryonic epithelium

(2011) O. Luu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Productive tension: force-sensing and homeostasis of cell–cell junctions

(2011) Guillermo A. Gomez et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Nuclear Size Is Regulated by Importin α and Ntf2 in Xenopus

(2010) Daniel L. Levy et al.   CELL

Spindle Orientation Bias in Gut Epithelial Stem Cell Compartments Is Lost in Precancerous Tissue

(2010) Aaron J. Quyn et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Stereotypical Cell Division Orientation Controls Neural Rod Midline Formation in Zebrafish

(2010) Elena Quesada-Hernández et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

PAR-1 promotes primary neurogenesis and asymmetric cell divisions via control of spindle orientation

(2010) J. M. Tabler et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Vinculin, an adapter protein in control of cell adhesion signalling

(2010) Alex Carisey et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Surprisingly Simple Mechanical Behavior of a Complex Embryonic Tissue

(2010) Michelangelo von Dassow et al.   PLoS One

Live-cell Imaging and Quantitative Analysis of Embryonic Epithelial Cells in Xenopus laevis

(2010) Sagar D. Joshi et al.   Jove-Journal of Visualized Experiments

Axisymmetric Drop Shape Analysis for Estimating the Surface Tension of Cell Aggregates by Centrifugation

(2009) Ali Kalantarian et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Tissue surface tension measurement by rigorous axisymmetric drop shape analysis

(2009) Robert David et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES

Simple vertebrate models for chemical genetics and drug discovery screens: Lessons from zebrafish andXenopus

(2009) Grant N. Wheeler et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Learning about cancer from frogs: analysis of mitotic spindles in Xenopus egg extracts

(2009) M. K. Cross et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

In vivo imaging reveals a role for Cdc42 in spindle positioning and planar orientation of cell divisions during vertebrate neural tube closure

(2009) E. K. Kieserman et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Tissue tectonics: morphogenetic strain rates, cell shape change and intercalation

(2009) Guy B Blanchard et al.   NATURE METHODS

The actin cytoskeleton in spindle assembly and positioning

(2009) Patricia Kunda et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Morphogenetic movements driving neural tube closure in Xenopus require myosin IIB

(2008) Ana Rolo et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Myosin-10 and actin filaments are essential for mitotic spindle function

(2008) Sarah Woolner et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The Xenopus Cell Cycle: An Overview

(2008) Anna Philpott et al.   MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY

Regulation of cytokinesis by Rho GTPase flux

(2008) Ann L. Miller et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY