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Rac1-Dependent Phosphorylation and Focal Adhesion Recruitment of Myosin IIA Regulates Migration and Mechanosensing

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Kinetic characterization of the sole nonmuscle myosin-2 from the model organism Drosophila melanogaster

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Differential Contributions of Nonmuscle Myosin II Isoforms and Functional Domains to Stress Fiber Mechanics

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A contractile and counterbalancing adhesion system controls the 3D shape of crawling cells

(2014) Dylan T. Burnette et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Dynamic myosin phosphorylation regulates contractile pulses and tissue integrity during epithelial morphogenesis

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Mechanochemical regulation of oscillatory follicle cell dynamics in the developing Drosophila egg chamber

(2014) Sarita Koride et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

A mechanical-biochemical feedback loop regulates remodeling in the actin cytoskeleton

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Apical domain polarization localizes actin–myosin activity to drive ratchet-like apical constriction

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F-actin buckling coordinates contractility and severing in a biomimetic actomyosin cortex

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Triggering a Cell Shape Change by Exploiting Preexisting Actomyosin Contractions

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Punctuated actin contractions during convergent extension and their permissive regulation by the non-canonical Wnt-signaling pathway

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A role for actin arcs in the leading-edge advance of migrating cells

(2011) Dylan T. Burnette et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Myosin II isoform switching mediates invasiveness after TGF- -induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition

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Cytoskeletal dynamics and supracellular organisation of cell shape fluctuations during dorsal closure

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Mechanism of the Ca2+-Dependent Interaction between S100A4 and Tail Fragments of Nonmuscle Myosin Heavy Chain IIA

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Myosin II contributes to cell-scale actin network treadmilling through network disassembly

(2010) Cyrus A. Wilson et al.   NATURE

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

Nonmuscle myosin II isoform and domain specificity during early mouse development

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

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Coordination of Rho GTPase activities during cell protrusion

(2009) Matthias Machacek et al.   NATURE

Non-muscle myosin II takes centre stage in cell adhesion and migration

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Convergence and extension at gastrulation require a myosin IIB-dependent cortical actin network

(2008) P. Skoglund et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Segregation and activation of myosin IIB creates a rear in migrating cells

(2008) Miguel Vicente-Manzanares et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Distinct Pathways for the Early Recruitment of Myosin II and Actin to the Cytokinetic Furrow

(2007) Mian Zhou et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL