Synaptopodin couples epithelial contractility to α-actinin-4–dependent junction maturation

Dynamic Visualization of α-Catenin Reveals Rapid, Reversible Conformation Switching between Tension States

(2015) Tae-Jin Kim et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Jack of all trades: functional modularity in the adherens junction

(2015) Anup Padmanabhan et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

The Triple-Repeat Protein Anakonda Controls Epithelial Tricellular Junction Formation in Drosophila

(2015) Sunitha Byri et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Actin-Delimited Adhesion-Independent Clustering of E-Cadherin Forms the Nanoscale Building Blocks of Adherens Junctions

(2015) Yao Wu et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Allosteric Regulation of E-Cadherin Adhesion

(2015) Nitesh Shashikanth et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The formation of ordered nanoclusters controls cadherin anchoring to actin and cell–cell contact fluidity

(2015) Pierre-Olivier Strale et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

ZO-1 controls endothelial adherens junctions, cell–cell tension, angiogenesis, and barrier formation

(2015) Olga Tornavaca et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Junctional actin assembly is mediated by Formin-like 2 downstream of Rac1

(2015) Katharina Grikscheit et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Biogenesis and structure of a type VI secretion membrane core complex

(2015) Eric Durand et al.   NATURE

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

Dynamics of ezrin and EBP50 in regulating microvilli on the apical aspect of epithelial cells: Figure 1

(2014) Raghuvir Viswanatha et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Tension-Sensitive Actin Assembly Supports Contractility at the Epithelial Zonula Adherens

(2014) Joanne M. Leerberg et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Anillin Regulates Cell-Cell Junction Integrity by Organizing Junctional Accumulation of Rho-GTP and Actomyosin

(2014) Ciara C. Reyes et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Recapitulation of morphogenetic cell shape changes enables wound re-epithelialisation

(2014) William Razzell et al.   DEVELOPMENT

In vitroreconstitution of a highly processive recombinant human dynein complex

(2014) Max A Schlager et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Cellular contractility changes are sufficient to drive epithelial scattering

(2014) Jacob P. Hoj et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Expression of synaptopodin in endothelial cells exposed to laminar shear stress and its role in endothelial wound healing

(2014) Gyeong In Mun et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Structural and Thermodynamic Characterization of Cadherin·β-Catenin·α-Catenin Complex Formation

(2014) Sabine Pokutta et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

(2014) Claudia G. Vasquez et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

A genome-wide screen identifies conserved protein hubs required for cadherin-mediated cell–cell adhesion

(2014) Christopher P. Toret et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

 -Catenin cytomechanics - role in cadherin-dependent adhesion and mechanotransduction

(2014) A. K. Barry et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Tricellulin regulates junctional tension of epithelial cells at tricellular contacts through Cdc42

(2014) Y. Oda et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Formation of adherens junctions leads to the emergence of a tissue-level tension in epithelial monolayers

(2014) A. R. Harris et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Epithelial repair is a two-stage process driven first by dying cells and then by their neighbours

(2014) D. Kuipers et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

The surprising dynamics of scaffolding proteins

(2014) Damien Garbett et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

RNA Targeting by the Type III-A CRISPR-Cas Csm Complex of Thermus thermophilus

(2014) Raymond H.J. Staals et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Visualization of arrestin recruitment by a G-protein-coupled receptor

(2014) Arun K. Shukla et al.   NATURE

Broad and potent HIV-1 neutralization by a human antibody that binds the gp41–gp120 interface

(2014) Jinghe Huang et al.   NATURE

Actin dynamics modulate mechanosensitive immobilization of E-cadherin at adherens junctions

(2014) W. Engl et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Cortical F-actin stabilization generates apical–lateral patterns of junctional contractility that integrate cells into epithelia

(2014) Selwin K. Wu et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Contractile and Mechanical Properties of Epithelia with Perturbed Actomyosin Dynamics

(2014) Sabine C. Fischer et al.   PLoS One

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

PCP and Septins Compartmentalize Cortical Actomyosin to Direct Collective Cell Movement

(2014) A. Shindo et al.   SCIENCE

The minimal cadherin-catenin complex binds to actin filaments under force

(2014) C. D. Buckley et al.   SCIENCE

E-cadherin interactome complexity and robustness resolved by quantitative proteomics

(2014) Z. Guo et al.   Science Signaling

Force-dependent conformational switch of α-catenin controls vinculin binding

(2014) Mingxi Yao et al.   Nature Communications

Close Relations between Podocyte Injuries and Membranous Proliferative Glomerulonephritis in Autoimmune Murine Models

(2013) Junpei Kimura et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEPHROLOGY

Modeling the Assembly of the Multiple Domains of α-actinin-4 and Its Role in Actin Cross-linking

(2013) Timothy Travers et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

β-Catenin Serves as a Clutch between Low and High Intercellular E-Cadherin Bond Strengths

(2013) Saumendra Bajpai et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cellular Pressure and Volume Regulation and Implications for Cell Mechanics

(2013) Hongyuan Jiang et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cadherin mechanotransduction in tissue remodeling

(2013) Floor Twiss et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Family-wide Investigation of PDZ Domain-Mediated Protein-Protein Interactions Implicates β-Catenin in Maintaining the Integrity of Tight Junctions

(2013) Taranjit S. Gujral et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Monoclonal Antibody against the Ectodomain of E-Cadherin (DECMA-1) Suppresses Breast Carcinogenesis: Involvement of the HER/PI3K/Akt/mTOR and IAP Pathways

(2013) S. M. Brouxhon et al.   CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH

NMII Forms a Contractile Transcellular Sarcomeric Network to Regulate Apical Cell Junctions and Tissue Geometry

(2013) Seham Ebrahim et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Guiding cell migration by tugging

(2013) Sergey V Plotnikov et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

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

An Autoinhibited Structure of α-Catenin and Its Implications for Vinculin Recruitment to Adherens Junctions

(2013) Noboru Ishiyama et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Binding to F-actin guides cadherin cluster assembly, stability, and movement

(2013) Soonjin Hong et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

FSGS3/CD2AP is a barbed-end capping protein that stabilizes actin and strengthens adherens junctions

(2013) Vivian W. Tang et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

ZO-1 recruitment to  -catenin - a novel mechanism for coupling the assembly of tight junctions to adherens junctions

(2013) J. L. Maiers et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Biotin ligase tagging identifies proteins proximal to E-cadherin, including lipoma preferred partner, a regulator of epithelial cell–cell and cell–substrate adhesion

(2013) Christina M. Van Itallie et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Mechanosensitive systems at the cadherin-F-actin interface

(2013) S. Huveneers et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Tuning the Kinetics of Cadherin Adhesion

(2013) Sanjeevi Sivasankar   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Local, cell-nonautonomous feedback regulation of myosin dynamics patterns transitions in cell behavior: a role for tension and geometry?

(2013) Surat Saravanan et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Monomeric α-catenin links cadherin to the actin cytoskeleton

(2013) Ridhdhi Desai et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Stress-Enhanced Gelation: A Dynamic Nonlinearity of Elasticity

(2013) Norman Y. Yao et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Cadherin-based intercellular adhesions organize epithelial cell-matrix traction forces

(2013) A. F. Mertz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Flow mechanotransduction regulates traction forces, intercellular forces, and adherens junctions

(2012) Lucas H. Ting et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

A Molecular Trajectory of α-Actinin Activation

(2012) Hengameh Shams et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Force Fluctuations within Focal Adhesions Mediate ECM-Rigidity Sensing to Guide Directed Cell Migration

(2012) Sergey V. Plotnikov et al.   CELL

Tropomodulin Protects α-Catenin-Dependent Junctional-Actin Networks under Stress during Epithelial Morphogenesis

(2012) Elisabeth A. Cox-Paulson et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Cadherin recognition and adhesion

(2012) Deborah Leckband et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

AIP1 acts with cofilin to control actin dynamics during epithelial morphogenesis

(2012) D. Chu et al.   DEVELOPMENT

α-Catenin Uses a Novel Mechanism to Activate Vinculin

(2012) Xiao Peng et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Specific Conserved C-terminal Amino Acids ofCaenorhabditis elegansHMP-1/α-Catenin Modulate F-actin Binding Independently of Vinculin

(2012) Stephanie L. Maiden et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

α-Catenin and Vinculin Cooperate to Promote High E-cadherin-based Adhesion Strength

(2012) William A. Thomas et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Cytoskeletal Protein α-Catenin Unfurls upon Binding to Vinculin

(2012) Erumbi S. Rangarajan et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Substrate stiffness regulates cadherin-dependent collective migration through myosin-II contractility

(2012) Mei Rosa Ng et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

α-Actinin-4/FSGS1 is required for Arp2/3-dependent actin assembly at the adherens junction

(2012) Vivian W. Tang et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The role of nectins in different types of cell-cell adhesion

(2012) Y. Rikitake et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Actin realignment and cofilin regulation are essential for barrier integrity during shear stress

(2012) Joshua B. Slee et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY

A WAVE2–Arp2/3 actin nucleator apparatus supports junctional tension at the epithelial zonula adherens

(2012) Suzie Verma et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Conformational epitopes at cadherin calcium-binding sites and p120-catenin phosphorylation regulate cell adhesion

(2012) Yuliya I. Petrova et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Nectin ectodomain structures reveal a canonical adhesive interface

(2012) Oliver J Harrison et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Structure of Nectin-2 reveals determinants of homophilic and heterophilic interactions that control cell-cell adhesion

(2012) D. Samanta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Spatial organization of the extracellular matrix regulates cell-cell junction positioning

(2012) Q. Tseng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 E-catenin is an autoinhibited molecule that coactivates vinculin

(2012) H.-J. Choi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

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

Triggering a Cell Shape Change by Exploiting Preexisting Actomyosin Contractions

(2012) Minna Roh-Johnson et al.   SCIENCE

Vinculin-dependent Cadherin mechanosensing regulates efficient epithelial barrier formation

(2012) F. Twiss et al.   Biology Open

Cadherin–actin interactions at adherens junctions

(2011) Shigenobu Yonemura   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

The role of adhesion energy in controlling cell–cell contacts

(2011) Jean-Léon Maître et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Cell wound repair inDrosophilaoccurs through three distinct phases of membrane and cytoskeletal remodeling

(2011) Maria Teresa Abreu-Blanco et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanosensitive EPLIN-dependent remodeling of adherens junctions regulates epithelial reshaping

(2011) Katsutoshi Taguchi et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

CD2AP in mouse and human podocytes controls a proteolytic program that regulates cytoskeletal structure and cellular survival

(2011) Suma Yaddanapudi et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Nonlinear Viscoelasticity of Actin Transiently Cross-linked with Mutant α-Actinin-4

(2011) Norman Y. Yao et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Arp2/3 promotes junction formation and maintenance in the Caenorhabditis elegans intestine by regulating membrane association of apical proteins

(2011) Yelena Y. Bernadskaya et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Cell-ECM traction force modulates endogenous tension at cell-cell contacts

(2011) V. Maruthamuthu 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

Strength Dependence of Cadherin-Mediated Adhesions

(2010) Benoit Ladoux et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Dynamic and Static Interactions between p120 Catenin and E-Cadherin Regulate the Stability of Cell-Cell Adhesion

(2010) Noboru Ishiyama et al.   CELL

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

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

Nonmuscle myosin II is required for cell proliferation, cell sheet adhesion and wing hair morphology during wing morphogenesis

(2010) Josef D. Franke et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The C. elegans MAGI-1 protein is a novel component of cell junctions that is required for junctional compartmentalization

(2010) Attila Stetak et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Integration of contractile forces during tissue invagination

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

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

Vinculin regulates cell-surface E-cadherin expression by binding to  -catenin

(2010) X. Peng et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Traction forces exerted by epithelial cell sheets

(2010) A Saez et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Hydrostatic pressure and the actomyosin cortex drive mitotic cell rounding

(2010) Martin P. Stewart et al.   NATURE

α-Catenin as a tension transducer that induces adherens junction development

(2010) Shigenobu Yonemura et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Myosin II isoforms identify distinct functional modules that support integrity of the epithelial zonula adherens

(2010) Michael Smutny et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Cross-Link-Governed Dynamics of Biopolymer Networks

(2010) Chase P. Broedersz et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Loss of Cofilin 1 Disturbs Actin Dynamics, Adhesion between Enveloping and Deep Cell Layers and Cell Movements during Gastrulation in Zebrafish

(2010) Chun-Wei Lin et al.   PLoS One

Mechanical tugging force regulates the size of cell-cell junctions

(2010) Z. Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Integration of Single and Multicellular Wound Responses

(2009) Andrew G. Clark et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Myosin II Dynamics Are Regulated by Tension in Intercalating Cells

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

Involvement of the Interaction of Afadin with ZO-1 in the Formation of Tight Junctions in Madin-Darby Canine Kidney Cells

(2009) Takako Ooshio et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Loss of α-Catenin Decreases the Strength of Single E-cadherin Bonds between Human Cancer Cells

(2009) Saumendra Bajpai et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Interactions of Plakoglobin and β-Catenin with Desmosomal Cadherins

(2009) Hee-Jung Choi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Independent cadherin–catenin and Bazooka clusters interact to assemble adherens junctions

(2009) Melanie A. McGill et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Slit Diaphragms Contain Tight Junction Proteins

(2009) H. Fukasawa et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

Regulation of Cell-Cell Adhesion by Abi/Diaphanous Complexes

(2009) J. R. Ryu et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

Intracellular fluid flow in rapidly moving cells

(2009) Kinneret Keren et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Functional analysis of promoter mutations in the ACTN4 and SYNPO genes in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

(2009) S. Dai et al.   NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION

Adherens Junction: Molecular Architecture and Regulation

(2009) W. Meng et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Discovering the Molecular Components of Intercellular Junctions--A Historical View

(2009) W. W. Franke   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Hyperosmotic stress induces Rho/Rho kinase/LIM kinase-mediated cofilin phosphorylation in tubular cells: key role in the osmotically triggered F-actin response

(2008) Ana C. P. Thirone et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

α-Actinin links LPP, but not zyxin, to cadherin-based junctions

(2008) Marc D.H. Hansen et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Cytoplasmic Force Gradient in Migrating Adhesive Cells

(2008) Takahiro Iwasaki et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

α-Actinin structure and regulation

(2008) B. Sjöblom et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Organization of multiprotein complexes at cell–cell junctions

(2008) Klaus Ebnet   HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY

aPKC enables development of zonula adherens by antagonizing centripetal contraction of the circumferential actomyosin cables

(2008) M. Kishikawa et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

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

(2008) Matthieu Cavey et al.   NATURE

Shear-induced reorganization of renal proximal tubule cell actin cytoskeleton and apical junctional complexes

(2008) Y. Duan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA