On the role of DNA biomechanics in the regulation of gene expression

The RSC chromatin remodelling ATPase translocates DNA with high force and small step size

(2011) George Sirinakis et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Five challenges to bringing single-molecule force spectroscopy into living cells

(2011) Yves F Dufrêne et al.   NATURE METHODS

Moving into the cell: single-molecule studies of molecular motors in complex environments

(2011) Claudia Veigel et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Force-driven unbinding of proteins HU and Fis from DNA quantified using a thermodynamic Maxwell relation

(2011) Botao Xiao et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Protein-Mediated DNA Loop Formation and Breakdown in a Fluctuating Environment

(2010) Yih-Fan Chen et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Femtonewton Entropic Forces Can Control the Formation of Protein-Mediated DNA Loops

(2010) Yih-Fan Chen et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Active gels as a description of the actin‐myosin cytoskeleton

(2009) Jean‐François Joanny et al.   HFSP Journal

Combining mechanical and optical approaches to dissect cellular mechanobiology

(2009) Shamik Sen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Twist- and Tension-Mediated Elastic Coupling between DNA-Binding Proteins

(2009) Elena F. Koslover et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

DNA relaxation dynamics as a probe for the intracellular environment

(2009) J. K. Fisher et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Comprehensive Mapping of Long-Range Interactions Reveals Folding Principles of the Human Genome

(2009) E. Lieberman-Aiden et al.   SCIENCE

Power spectrum of out-of-equilibrium forces in living cells: amplitude and frequency dependence

(2009) François Gallet et al.   Soft Matter

Consequences of Motor Copy Number on the Intracellular Transport of Kinesin-1-Driven Lipid Droplets

(2008) George T. Shubeita et al.   CELL

Nuclear actin dynamics - From form to function

(2008) Maria K. Vartiainen   FEBS LETTERS

Counting RAD51 proteins disassembling from nucleoprotein filaments under tension

(2008) Joost van Mameren et al.   NATURE

The functional response of upstream DNA to dynamic supercoiling in vivo

(2008) Fedor Kouzine et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY