WHAMY is a novel actin polymerase promoting myoblast fusion, macrophage cell motility and sensory organ development inDrosophila

Profilin Regulates F-Actin Network Homeostasis by Favoring Formin over Arp2/3 Complex

(2015) Cristian Suarez et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Surface apposition and multiple cell contacts promote myoblast fusion inDrosophilaflight muscles

(2015) Nagaraju Dhanyasi et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The Formin Diaphanous Regulates Myoblast Fusion through Actin Polymerization and Arp2/3 Regulation

(2015) Su Deng et al.   PLoS Genetics

The Drosophila FHOD1-like formin Knittrig acts through Rok to promote stress fiber formation and directed macrophage migration during the cellular immune response

(2014) U. Lammel et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Ena/VASP Proteins Cooperate with the WAVE Complex to Regulate the Actin Cytoskeleton

(2014) Xing Judy Chen et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Cooperative functions of the two F-BAR proteins Cip4 and Nostrin in the regulation of E-cadherin in epithelial morphogenesis

(2014) T. Zobel et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Steering cell migration: lamellipodium dynamics and the regulation of directional persistence

(2014) Matthias Krause et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Drosophila pupal macrophages – A versatile tool for combined ex vivo and in vivo imaging of actin dynamics at high resolution

(2013) Moritz Sander et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

ForC lacks canonical formin activity but bundles actin filaments and is required for multicellular development of Dictyostelium cells

(2013) Alexander Junemann et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The F-BAR protein Cip4/Toca-1 antagonizes the formin Diaphanous in membrane stabilization and compartmentalization

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

A high resolution view of the fly actin cytoskeleton lacking a functional WAVE complex

(2013) T. ZOBEL et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY

Drosophila integrin adhesion complexes are essential for hemocyte migration in vivo

(2013) C. G. A. Moreira et al.   Biology Open

Myoblast fusion: lessons from flies and mice

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

Dock mediates Scar- and WASp-dependent actin polymerization through interaction with cell adhesion molecules in founder cells and fusion-competent myoblasts

(2012) Balasankara Reddy Kaipa et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Actin dynamics and turnover in cell motility

(2011) Klemens Rottner et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

The WASp-based actin polymerization machinery is required in somatic support cells for spermatid maturation and release

(2011) S. Rotkopf et al.   DEVELOPMENT

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

(2011) P. Mukherjee et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Molecular mechanism of Ena/VASP-mediated actin-filament elongation

(2011) Dennis Breitsprecher et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Membrane-targeted WAVE mediates photoreceptor axon targeting in the absence of the WAVE complex in Drosophila

(2011) Raiko Stephan et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Downstream of Identity Genes: Muscle-Type-Specific Regulation of the Fusion Process

(2010) Laetitia Bataillé et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

VASP is a processive actin polymerase that requires monomeric actin for barbed end association

(2010) Scott D. Hansen et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

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

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

WASP Family Proteins: Their Evolution and Its Physiological Implications

(2010) Douwe M. Veltman et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Structure and control of the actin regulatory WAVE complex

(2010) Zhucheng Chen et al.   NATURE

A nucleator arms race: cellular control of actin assembly

(2010) Kenneth G. Campellone et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

The evolution of protein domain families

(2009) Marija Buljan et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Drosophila Cip4/Toca-1 Integrates Membrane Trafficking and Actin Dynamics through WASP and SCAR/WAVE

(2009) Robert Fricke et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

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

(2009) Boaz Gildor et al.   EMBO REPORTS

WASP and SCAR/WAVE proteins: the drivers of actin assembly

(2009) A. Y. Pollitt et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Syndapin Promotes Formation of a Postsynaptic Membrane System in Drosophila

(2009) Vimlesh Kumar et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

p53-cofactor JMY is a multifunctional actin nucleation factor

(2009) J. Bradley Zuchero et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

The Arp2/3 complex and WASp are required for apical trafficking of Delta into microvilli during cell fate specification of sensory organ precursors

(2009) Akhila Rajan et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

WHAMM Is an Arp2/3 Complex Activator That Binds Microtubules and Functions in ER to Golgi Transport

(2008) Kenneth G. Campellone et al.   CELL

Drosophila Cip4 and WASp Define a Branch of the Cdc42-Par6-aPKC Pathway Regulating E-Cadherin Endocytosis

(2008) Andrea Leibfried et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Clustering of VASP actively drives processive, WH2 domain-mediated actin filament elongation

(2008) Dennis Breitsprecher et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

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

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