The actin cortex at a glance

Architecture shapes contractility in actomyosin networks

(2018) Gijsje H Koenderink et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Plastin increases cortical connectivity to facilitate robust polarization and timely cytokinesis

(2017) Wei Yung Ding et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

In vivo dynamics of the cortical actin network revealed by fast-scanning atomic force microscopy

(2017) Yanshu Zhang et al.   Microscopy

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

(2017) M P Clausen et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Local pulsatile contractions are an intrinsic property of the myosin 2A motor in the cortical cytoskeleton of adherent cells

(2017) Michelle A. Baird et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

The ultrastructural organization of actin and myosin II filaments in the contractile ring: new support for an old model of cytokinesis

(2017) John H. Henson et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Actin cortex architecture regulates cell surface tension

(2017) Priyamvada Chugh et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Actomyosin Pulsing in Tissue Integrity Maintenance during Morphogenesis

(2017) Jonathan S. Coravos et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Genome-scale single-cell mechanical phenotyping reveals disease-related genes involved in mitotic rounding

(2017) Yusuke Toyoda et al.   Nature Communications

Actomyosin meshwork mechanosensing enables tissue shape to orient cell force

(2017) Soline Chanet et al.   Nature Communications

Controlling contractile instabilities in the actomyosin cortex

(2017) Masatoshi Nishikawa et al.   eLife

In vivo dynamics of the cortical actin network revealed by fast-scanning atomic force microscopy

(2017) Yanshu Zhang et al.   Microscopy

Image based modeling of bleb site selection

(2017) Sharon Collier et al.   Scientific Reports

Actomyosin Cortical Mechanical Properties in Nonadherent Cells Determined by Atomic Force Microscopy

(2016) Alexander X. Cartagena-Rivera et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Determining Physical Properties of the Cell Cortex

(2016) Arnab Saha et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Steering cell migration by alternating blebs and actin-rich protrusions

(2016) Alba Diz-Muñoz et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Architecture and Connectivity Govern Actin Network Contractility

(2016) Hajer Ennomani et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The Actin Cortex: A Bridge between Cell Shape and Function

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

Actin Rings of Power

(2016) Cornelia Schwayer et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

α-Catenin stabilises Cadherin–Catenin complexes and modulates actomyosin dynamics to allow pulsatile apical contraction

(2016) Jaime Jurado et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Expansion and concatenation of nonmuscle myosin IIA filaments drive cellular contractile system formation during interphase and mitosis

(2016) Aidan M. Fenix et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Cortical mechanics and myosin-II abnormalities associated with post-ovulatory aging: implications for functional defects in aged eggs

(2016) Amelia C.L. Mackenzie et al.   MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Asymmetric division of contractile domains couples cell positioning and fate specification

(2016) Jean-Léon Maître et al.   NATURE

Coupling changes in cell shape to chromosome segregation

(2016) Nitya Ramkumar et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Role of Turnover in Active Stress Generation in a Filament Network

(2016) Tetsuya Hiraiwa et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

A RhoA and Rnd3 cycle regulates actin reassembly during membrane blebbing

(2016) Kana Aoki et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Unipolar distributions of junctional Myosin II identify cell stripe boundaries that drive cell intercalation throughout Drosophila axis extension

(2016) Robert J Tetley et al.   eLife

Cortical flow aligns actin filaments to form a furrow

(2016) Anne-Cecile Reymann et al.   eLife

Actin kinetics shapes cortical network structure and mechanics

(2016) M. Fritzsche et al.   Science Advances

Structural, Mechanical, and Dynamical Variability of the Actin Cortex in Living Cells

(2015) Frédéric Eghiaian et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Feeling for Filaments: Quantification of the Cortical Actin Web in Live Vascular Endothelium

(2015) Cornelius Kronlage et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cortical Contractility Triggers a Stochastic Switch to Fast Amoeboid Cell Motility

(2015) Verena Ruprecht et al.   CELL

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

(2015) Yan-Jun Liu et al.   CELL

Myosin 18A Coassembles with Nonmuscle Myosin 2 to Form Mixed Bipolar Filaments

(2015) Neil Billington et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Mechanical Stress and Network Structure Drive Protein Dynamics during Cytokinesis

(2015) Vasudha Srivastava et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Ect2/Pbl Acts via Rho and Polarity Proteins to Direct the Assembly of an Isotropic Actomyosin Cortex upon Mitotic Entry

(2015) André Rosa et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

The contractome - a systems view of actomyosin contractility in non-muscle cells

(2015) R. Zaidel-Bar et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Rho-kinase-dependent actin turnover and actomyosin disassembly are necessary for mouse spinal neural tube closure

(2015) Sarah Escuin et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Investigating cell mechanics with atomic force microscopy

(2015) K. Haase et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

A self-organized biomechanical network drives shape changes during tissue morphogenesis

(2015) Akankshi Munjal et al.   NATURE

Kinetochore-localized PP1–Sds22 couples chromosome segregation to polar relaxation

(2015) Nelio T. L. Rodrigues et al.   NATURE

Cdk1-dependent mitotic enrichment of cortical myosin II promotes cell rounding against confinement

(2015) Subramanian P. Ramanathan et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Pulsatile cell-autonomous contractility drives compaction in the mouse embryo

(2015) Jean-Léon Maître et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Force transmission during adhesion-independent migration

(2015) Martin Bergert et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Forcing cells into shape: the mechanics of actomyosin contractility

(2015) Michael Murrell et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Direct laser manipulation reveals the mechanics of cell contacts in vivo

(2015) Kapil Bambardekar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mitotic cell rounding and epithelial thinning regulate lumen growth and shape

(2015) Esteban Hoijman et al.   Nature Communications

Cell migration and antigen capture are antagonistic processes coupled by myosin II in dendritic cells

(2015) Mélanie Chabaud et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2015) Jeremy S Logue et al.   eLife

Aurora A kinase modulates actin cytoskeleton through phosphorylation of Cofilin: Implication in the mitotic process

(2014) Lisa Ritchey et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

Furrow Constriction in Animal Cell Cytokinesis

(2014) Hervé Turlier et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Nonmuscle Myosin II Isoforms Coassemble in Living Cells

(2014) Jordan R. Beach et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Cellular Control of Cortical Actin Nucleation

(2014) Miia Bovellan et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Stresses at the Cell Surface during Animal Cell Morphogenesis

(2014) Andrew G. Clark et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Endogenous Species of Mammalian Nonmuscle Myosin IIA and IIB Include Activated Monomers and Heteropolymers

(2014) Maria S. Shutova et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Forces Generated by Cell Intercalation Tow Epidermal Sheets in Mammalian Tissue Morphogenesis

(2014) Evan Heller et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Actin cytoskeletal defects in immunodeficiency

(2014) Dale A. Moulding et al.   IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Bleb-driven chemotaxis ofDictyosteliumcells

(2014) Evgeny Zatulovskiy et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

SLK-dependent activation of ERMs controls LGN–NuMA localization and spindle orientation

(2014) Mickael Machicoane et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Spontaneous Oscillations of Elastic Contractile Materials with Turnover

(2014) Kai Dierkes et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Spatiotemporal control of epithelial remodeling by regulated myosin phosphorylation

(2014) K. E. Kasza et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Quantification of surface tension and internal pressure generated by single mitotic cells

(2014) Elisabeth Fischer-Friedrich et al.   Scientific Reports

Monitoring Actin Cortex Thickness in Live Cells

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

The role and regulation of blebs in cell migration

(2013) Ewa K Paluch et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Cell cortex composition and homeostasis resolved by integrating proteomics and quantitative imaging

(2013) Maté Biro et al.   Cytoskeleton

Mitotic Rounding Alters Cell Geometry to Ensure Efficient Bipolar Spindle Formation

(2013) Oscar M. Lancaster et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Analysis of turnover dynamics of the submembranous actin cortex

(2013) Marco Fritzsche et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Mitotic cell rounding accelerates epithelial invagination

(2013) Takefumi Kondo et al.   NATURE

SCFFbxw5 mediates transient degradation of actin remodeller Eps8 to allow proper mitotic progression

(2013) Achim Werner et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

A genomic toolkit to investigate kinesin and myosin motor function in cells

(2013) Zoltan Maliga et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

A soft cortex is essential for asymmetric spindle positioning in mouse oocytes

(2013) Agathe Chaigne et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Molecular mechanisms of cellular mechanosensing

(2013) Tianzhi Luo et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Molecular motors robustly drive active gels to a critically connected state

(2013) José Alvarado et al.   Nature Physics

Cell-sized liposomes reveal how actomyosin cortical tension drives shape change

(2013) K. Carvalho et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cytokinesis in Animal Cells

(2012) Rebecca A. Green et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Identification and Regulation of a Molecular Module for Bleb-Based Cell Motility

(2012) Mehdi Goudarzi et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Changes in Ect2 Localization Couple Actomyosin-Dependent Cell Shape Changes to Mitotic Progression

(2012) Helen K. Matthews et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

ADF/Cofilin Regulates Actomyosin Assembly through Competitive Inhibition of Myosin II Binding to F-Actin

(2012) O'Neil Wiggan et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Characterizing the mechanics of cultured cell monolayers

(2012) A. R. Harris et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Knowing the Boundaries: Extending the Differential Adhesion Hypothesis in Embryonic Cell Sorting

(2012) J. D. Amack et al.   SCIENCE

Triggering a Cell Shape Change by Exploiting Preexisting Actomyosin Contractions

(2012) Minna Roh-Johnson et al.   SCIENCE

Adhesion Functions in Cell Sorting by Mechanically Coupling the Cortices of Adhering Cells

(2012) J.-L. Maitre et al.   SCIENCE

Actin Network Architecture Can Determine Myosin Motor Activity

(2012) A.-C. Reymann et al.   SCIENCE

Forces Driving Epithelial Spreading in Zebrafish Gastrulation

(2012) M. Behrndt et al.   SCIENCE

Actin cortex mechanics and cellular morphogenesis

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

Assembly kinetics determine the architecture of α-actinin crosslinked F-actin networks

(2012) Tobias T. Falzone et al.   Nature Communications

PP1-Mediated Moesin Dephosphorylation Couples Polar Relaxation to Mitotic Exit

(2011) Patricia Kunda et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Molecular networks linked by Moesin drive remodeling of the cell cortex during mitosis

(2011) Chantal Roubinet et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

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

(2011) H. Y. Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Asymmetric cortical extension shifts cleavage furrow position in Drosophila neuroblasts

(2011) Marisa Connell et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Polar actomyosin contractility destabilizes the position of the cytokinetic furrow

(2011) Jakub Sedzinski et al.   NATURE

Polarization of PAR Proteins by Advective Triggering of a Pattern-Forming System

(2011) N. W. Goehring et al.   SCIENCE

Biomechanical regulation of contractility: spatial control and dynamics

(2011) Romain Levayer et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Genetic evidence for concerted control of actin dynamics in cytokinesis, endocytic traffic, and cell motility by coronin and Aip1

(2010) Hellen C. Ishikawa-Ankerhold et al.   Cytoskeleton

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

(2010) G. B. Blanchard et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Actin cytoskeleton dynamics and the cell division cycle

(2010) Yi-Wen Heng et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY

Integration of contractile forces during tissue invagination

(2010) Adam C. Martin et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Cortical Mechanics and Meiosis II Completion in Mammalian Oocytes Are Mediated by Myosin-II and Ezrin-Radixin-Moesin (ERM) Proteins

(2010) Stephanie M. Larson et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Planar polarized actomyosin contractile flows control epithelial junction remodelling

(2010) Matteo Rauzi et al.   NATURE

Anisotropies in cortical tension reveal the physical basis of polarizing cortical flows

(2010) Mirjam Mayer et al.   NATURE

A spindle-independent cleavage furrow positioning pathway

(2010) Clemens Cabernard et al.   NATURE

Hydrostatic pressure and the actomyosin cortex drive mitotic cell rounding

(2010) Martin P. Stewart et al.   NATURE

Dynamical organization of the cytoskeletal cortex probed by micropipette aspiration

(2010) J. Brugues et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Coaction of intercellular adhesion and cortical tension specifies tissue surface tension

(2010) M. Lisa Manning et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Polarized Myosin Produces Unequal-Size Daughters During Asymmetric Cell Division

(2010) Guangshuo Ou et al.   SCIENCE

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

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

Cell Mechanics: Dissecting the Physical Responses of Cells to Force

(2009) Brenton D. Hoffman et al.   Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Oral Cancer Diagnosis by Mechanical Phenotyping

(2009) T. W. Remmerbach et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

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

(2009) Jerome Solon et al.   CELL

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

(2009) Miguel Vicente-Manzanares et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Control of cell membrane tension by myosin-I

(2009) R. Nambiar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Role of cortical tension in bleb growth

(2009) J.-Y. Tinevez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Interactions between Myosin and Actin Crosslinkers Control Cytokinesis Contractility Dynamics and Mechanics

(2008) Elizabeth M. Reichl et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Moesin Controls Cortical Rigidity, Cell Rounding, and Spindle Morphogenesis during Mitosis

(2008) Patricia Kunda et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Moesin and its activating kinase Slik are required for cortical stability and microtubule organization in mitotic cells

(2008) Sébastien Carreno et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Pulsed contractions of an actin–myosin network drive apical constriction

(2008) Adam C. Martin et al.   NATURE

Rapid leukocyte migration by integrin-independent flowing and squeezing

(2008) Tim Lämmermann et al.   NATURE

Tensile forces govern germ-layer organization in zebrafish

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

Life and Times of a Cellular Bleb

(2007) Guillaume T. Charras et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL