Drosophilacomes of age as a model system for understanding the function of cytoskeletal proteins in cells, tissues, and organisms

Mechanisms of myoblast fusion during muscle development

(2015) Ji Hoon Kim et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

Regulation of the formin cappuccino is critical for polarity ofDrosophilaoocytes

(2015) Batbileg Bor et al.   Cytoskeleton

Mechanical Tension Drives Cell Membrane Fusion

(2015) Ji Hoon Kim et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Fruit Flies in Biomedical Research

(2015) M. F. Wangler et al.   GENETICS

Filament Assembly by Spire: Key Residues and Concerted Actin Binding

(2015) Amy S. Rasson et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Drosophila Cappuccino alleles provide insight into formin mechanism and role in oogenesis

(2015) Haneul Yoo et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

A novel role for WAVE1 in controlling actin network growth rate and architecture

(2015) Meredith O. Sweeney et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Mechanical Feedback through E-Cadherin Promotes Direction Sensing during Collective Cell Migration

(2014) Danfeng Cai et al.   CELL

Local Increases in Mechanical Tension Shape Compartment Boundaries by Biasing Cell Intercalations

(2014) Daiki Umetsu et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Faster fluorescence microscopy: advances in high speed biological imaging

(2014) Peter W Winter et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

PI(4,5)P2 regulates myoblast fusion through Arp2/3 regulator localization at the fusion site

(2014) I. Bothe et al.   DEVELOPMENT

The cellular basis of tissue separation

(2014) F. Fagotto   DEVELOPMENT

Combining Genetic Perturbations and Proteomics to Examine Kinase-Phosphatase Networks in Drosophila Embryos

(2014) Richelle Sopko et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Cell segregation in the vertebrate hindbrain relies on actomyosin cables located at the interhombomeric boundaries

(2014) S. Calzolari et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

The Role of Formin Tails in Actin Nucleation, Processive Elongation, and Filament Bundling

(2014) Christina L. Vizcarra et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

(2014) Sérgio de Matos Simões et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Live imaging in Drosophila: The optical and genetic toolkits

(2014) Elena Rebollo et al.   METHODS

A positional Toll receptor code directs convergent extension in Drosophila

(2014) Adam C. Paré et al.   NATURE

Live Imaging Provides New Insights on Dynamic F-Actin Filopodia and Differential Endocytosis during Myoblast Fusion in Drosophila

(2014) Shruti Haralalka et al.   PLoS One

An RNA Interference Screen for Genes Required to Shape the Anteroposterior Compartment Boundary in Drosophila Identifies the Eph Receptor

(2014) Daiki Umetsu et al.   PLoS One

Optimized CRISPR/Cas tools for efficient germline and somatic genome engineering in Drosophila

(2014) F. Port et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Quantitative super-resolution imaging of Bruchpilot distinguishes active zone states

(2014) Nadine Ehmann et al.   Nature Communications

Spire and Formin 2 Synergize and Antagonize in Regulating Actin Assembly in Meiosis by a Ping-Pong Mechanism

(2014) Pierre Montaville et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Podosomes in adhesion, migration, mechanosensing and matrix remodeling

(2013) Hannah Schachtner et al.   Cytoskeleton

Direct interaction between two actin nucleators is required in Drosophila oogenesis

(2013) M. E. Quinlan   DEVELOPMENT

A Molecular Base for Cell Sorting at Embryonic Boundaries: Contact Inhibition of Cadherin Adhesion by Ephrin/Eph-Dependent Contractility

(2013) François Fagotto et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Three-Dimensional Epithelial Morphogenesis in the Developing Drosophila Egg

(2013) Miriam Osterfield et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Septins Regulate the Contractility of the Actomyosin Ring to Enable Adherens Junction Remodeling during Cytokinesis of Epithelial Cells

(2013) Nabila Founounou et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Adhesion Disengagement Uncouples Intrinsic and Extrinsic Forces to Drive Cytokinesis in Epithelial Tissues

(2013) Charlène Guillot et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Interplay between the Dividing Cell and Its Neighbors Regulates Adherens Junction Formation during Cytokinesis in Epithelial Tissue

(2013) Sophie Herszterg et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Processive acceleration of actin barbed-end assembly by N-WASP

(2013) Nimisha Khanduja et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Monomeric α-catenin links cadherin to the actin cytoskeleton

(2013) Ridhdhi Desai et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Rab11 regulates cell–cell communication during collective cell movements

(2013) Damien Ramel et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Optimized gene editing technology for Drosophila melanogaster using germ line-specific Cas9

(2013) X. Ren et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Actin-Propelled Invasive Membrane Protrusions Promote Fusogenic Protein Engagement During Cell-Cell Fusion

(2013) K. Shilagardi et al.   SCIENCE

Tubular endocytosis drives remodelling of the apical surface during epithelial morphogenesis in Drosophila

(2013) Piotr Fabrowski et al.   Nature Communications

Physical Mechanisms Shaping the Drosophila Dorsoventral Compartment Boundary

(2012) Maryam Aliee et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Myoblast fusion: lessons from flies and mice

(2012) S. M. Abmayr et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Anisotropy of Crumbs and aPKC Drives Myosin Cable Assembly during Tube Formation

(2012) Katja Röper   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Efficient and Specific Modifications of the Drosophila Genome by Means of an Easy TALEN Strategy

(2012) Jiyong Liu et al.   Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Autoinhibition of the formin Cappuccino in the absence of canonical autoinhibitory domains

(2012) Batbileg Bor et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Drosophila patterning is established by differential association of mRNAs with P bodies

(2012) Timothy T. Weil et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Group choreography: mechanisms orchestrating the collective movement of border cells

(2012) Denise J. Montell et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

New insights into the regulation and cellular functions of the ARP2/3 complex

(2012) Jeremy D. Rotty et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanical Control of Morphogenesis by Fat/Dachsous/Four-Jointed Planar Cell Polarity Pathway

(2012) F. Bosveld et al.   SCIENCE

Degrading Devices: Invadosomes in Proteolytic Cell Invasion

(2011) Stefan Linder et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Spire-Type Actin Nucleators Cooperate with Formin-2 to Drive Asymmetric Oocyte Division

(2011) Sybille Pfender et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The actin nucleator WASp is required for myoblast fusion during adult Drosophila myogenesis

(2011) P. Mukherjee et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Asymmetric Mbc, active Rac1 and F-actin foci in the fusion-competent myoblasts during myoblast fusion in Drosophila

(2011) S. Haralalka et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Competition between Blown Fuse and WASP for WIP Binding Regulates the Dynamics of WASP-Dependent Actin Polymerization In Vivo

(2011) Peng Jin et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Psidin, a conserved protein that regulates protrusion dynamics and cell migration

(2011) J. H. Kim et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Comparative RNAi screening identifies a conserved core metazoan actinome by phenotype

(2011) Jennifer L. Rohn et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Asymmetric distribution of Echinoid defines the epidermal leading edge duringDrosophiladorsal closure

(2011) Caroline Laplante et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

A PAR-1–dependent orientation gradient of dynamic microtubules directs posterior cargo transport in theDrosophilaoocyte

(2011) Richard M. Parton et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

A genome-scale shRNA resource for transgenic RNAi in Drosophila

(2011) Jian-Quan Ni et al.   NATURE METHODS

Fluorescent fusion protein knockout mediated by anti-GFP nanobody

(2011) Emmanuel Caussinus et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Genetic Manipulation of Genes and Cells in the Nervous System of the Fruit Fly

(2011) Koen J.T. Venken et al.   NEURON

Structure and function of the interacting domains of Spire and Fmn-family formins

(2011) C. L. Vizcarra et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Global Tissue Revolutions in a Morphogenetic Movement Controlling Elongation

(2011) S. L. Haigo et al.   SCIENCE

EphrinB/EphB Signaling Controls Embryonic Germ Layer Separation by Contact-Induced Cell Detachment

(2011) Nazanin Rohani et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

RNAi screening: new approaches, understandings, and organisms

(2011) Stephanie E. Mohr et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-RNA

Relative actin nucleation promotion efficiency by WASP and WAVE proteins in endothelial cells

(2010) Hyeran Kang et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Cell Flow Reorients the Axis of Planar Polarity in the Wing Epithelium of Drosophila

(2010) Benoît Aigouy et al.   CELL

Rho-Kinase Directs Bazooka/Par-3 Planar Polarity during Drosophila Axis Elongation

(2010) Sérgio de Matos Simões et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

An invasive podosome-like structure promotes fusion pore formation during myoblast fusion

(2010) Kristin L. Sens et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Fluorescent proteins at a glance

(2010) G.-J. Kremers et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Planar polarized actomyosin contractile flows control epithelial junction remodelling

(2010) Matteo Rauzi et al.   NATURE

Tissue elongation requires oscillating contractions of a basal actomyosin network

(2010) Li He et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Light-mediated activation reveals a key role for Rac in collective guidance of cell movement in vivo

(2010) Xiaobo Wang et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Fast, high-contrast imaging of animal development with scanned light sheet–based structured-illumination microscopy

(2010) Philipp J Keller et al.   NATURE METHODS

Boundary formation and maintenance in tissue development

(2010) Christian Dahmann et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Linear Arrays of Nuclear Envelope Proteins Harness Retrograde Actin Flow for Nuclear Movement

(2010) G. W. G. Luxton et al.   SCIENCE

Pulsed Forces Timed by a Ratchet-like Mechanism Drive Directed Tissue Movement during Dorsal Closure

(2009) Jerome Solon et al.   CELL

Increased Cell Bond Tension Governs Cell Sorting at the Drosophila Anteroposterior Compartment Boundary

(2009) Katharina P. Landsberg et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Mechanosensing through Cooperative Interactions between Myosin II and the Actin Crosslinker Cortexillin I

(2009) Yixin Ren et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Wash functions downstream of Rho and links linear and branched actin nucleation factors

(2009) R. Liu et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Plasma Membrane Polarity and Compartmentalization Are Established before Cellularization in the Fly Embryo

(2009) Manos Mavrakis et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Myosin II Dynamics Are Regulated by Tension in Intercalating Cells

(2009) Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

The SCAR and WASp nucleation-promoting factors act sequentially to mediate Drosophila myoblast fusion

(2009) Boaz Gildor et al.   EMBO REPORTS

An actomyosin-based barrier inhibits cell mixing at compartmental boundaries in Drosophila embryos

(2009) Bruno Monier et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Rab35 Controls Actin Bundling by Recruiting Fascin as an Effector Protein

(2009) J. Zhang et al.   SCIENCE

Shroom3-mediated recruitment of Rho kinases to the apical cell junctions regulates epithelial and neuroepithelial planar remodeling

(2008) T. Nishimura et al.   DEVELOPMENT

WASP and SCAR have distinct roles in activating the Arp2/3 complex during myoblast fusion

(2008) S. Berger et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

A two-tiered mechanism for stabilization and immobilization of E-cadherin

(2008) Matthieu Cavey et al.   NATURE

Pulsed contractions of an actin–myosin network drive apical constriction

(2008) Adam C. Martin et al.   NATURE

Tensile forces govern germ-layer organization in zebrafish

(2008) M. Krieg et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Activity-dependent site-specific changes of glutamate receptor composition in vivo

(2008) Andreas Schmid et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Microtubule anchoring by cortical actin bundles prevents streaming of the oocyte cytoplasm

(2007) Ying Wang et al.   MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT