Spectrin regulates cell contractility through production and maintenance of actin bundles in the Caenorhabditis elegans spermatheca

Reduced myofilament component in primary Sjögren’s syndrome salivary gland myoepithelial cells

(2018) Margherita Sisto et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR HISTOLOGY

The myosin light chain kinase, MLCK-1, relocalizes during C. elegans ovulation to promote actomyosin bundle assembly and drive contraction

(2018) Charlotte A. Kelley et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

The Actin Cytoskeleton and Actin-Based Motility

(2018) Tatyana Svitkina   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Myosin activity drives actomyosin bundle formation and organization in contractile cells of the Caenorhabditis elegans spermatheca

(2017) Alison C. E. Wirshing et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Actomyosin meshwork mechanosensing enables tissue shape to orient cell force

(2017) Soline Chanet et al.   Nature Communications

Ror2 signaling regulates Golgi structure and transport through IFT20 for tumor invasiveness

(2017) Michiru Nishita et al.   Scientific Reports

Maintenance of the Epithelial Barrier and Remodeling of Cell-Cell Junctions during Cytokinesis

(2016) Tomohito Higashi et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

INF2- and FHOD-related formins promote ovulation in the somatic gonad of C. elegans

(2016) Anna Hegsted et al.   Cytoskeleton

CACN-1 is required in the Caenorhabditis elegans somatic gonad for proper oocyte development

(2016) Alyssa D. Cecchetelli et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Reactive protoplasmic and fibrous astrocytes contain high levels of calpain-cleaved alpha 2 spectrin

(2016) Jung H. Kim et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY

The many ways adherent cells respond to applied stretch

(2016) Candice Sears et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Two distinct myosin II populations coordinate ovulatory contraction of the myoepithelial sheath in the Caenorhabditis elegans somatic gonad

(2016) Kanako Ono et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Isoforms of Spectrin and Ankyrin Reflect the Functional Topography of the Mouse Kidney

(2016) Michael C. Stankewich et al.   PLoS One

The auxin-inducible degradation (AID) system enables versatile conditional protein depletion in C. elegans

(2015) L. Zhang et al.   DEVELOPMENT

β-Spectrin Regulates the Hippo Signaling Pathway and Modulates the Basal Actin Network

(2015) Kenneth Kin Lam Wong et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

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

αII-Spectrin Regulates Invadosome Stability and Extracellular Matrix Degradation

(2015) Aurélie Ponceau et al.   PLoS One

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

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

B-LINK: A Hemicentin, Plakin, and Integrin-Dependent Adhesion System that Links Tissues by Connecting Adjacent Basement Membranes

(2014) Meghan A. Morrissey et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

In vivo imaging of C. elegans endocytosis

(2014) Lei Wang et al.   METHODS

Mechanical control of the sense of touch by β-spectrin

(2014) Michael Krieg et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Spectrins: A structural platform for stabilization and activation of membrane channels, receptors and transporters

(2013) Beata Machnicka et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Loss of β2-spectrin prevents cardiomyocyte differentiation and heart development

(2013) Jeong A. Lim et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Two actin-interacting protein 1 isoforms function redundantly in the somatic gonad and are essential for reproduction inCaenorhabditis elegans

(2013) Kanako Ono et al.   Cytoskeleton

Simultaneous Expression of Multiple Proteins Under a Single Promoter in Caenorhabditis elegans via a Versatile 2A-Based Toolkit

(2013) A. Ahier et al.   GENETICS

The tension mounts: Stress fibers as force-generating mechanotransducers

(2013) Keith Burridge et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Spectrin: Structure, function and disease

(2013) Rui Zhang et al.   Science China-Life Sciences

Filamin and Phospholipase C-ε Are Required for Calcium Signaling in the Caenorhabditis elegans Spermatheca

(2013) Ismar Kovacevic et al.   PLoS Genetics

Requirements for contractility in disordered cytoskeletal bundles

(2012) Martin Lenz et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Novel role for the Lu/BCAM–spectrin interaction in actin cytoskeleton reorganization

(2011) Emmanuel Collec et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Experimental investigation of collagen waviness and orientation in the arterial adventitia using confocal laser scanning microscopy

(2011) R. Rezakhaniha et al.   Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

A High-Resolution C. elegans Essential Gene Network Based on Phenotypic Profiling of a Complex Tissue

(2011) Rebecca A. Green et al.   CELL

Cell organization, growth, and neural and cardiac development require  II-spectrin

(2011) M. C. Stankewich et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Multiple Phenotypes Resulting from a Mutagenesis Screen for Pharynx Muscle Mutations in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2011) Andrew Ferrier et al.   PLoS One

Cyclic stretch-induced stress fiber dynamics – Dependence on strain rate, Rho-kinase and MLCK

(2010) Chin-Fu Lee et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

FLN-1/Filamin is required for maintenance of actin and exit of fertilized oocytes from the spermatheca in C. elegans

(2010) Ismar Kovacevic et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

A Comprehensive Model of the Spectrin Divalent Tetramer Binding Region Deduced Using Homology Modeling and Chemical Cross-linking of a Mini-spectrin

(2010) Donghai Li et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Troponin I controls ovulatory contraction of non-striated actomyosin networks in the C. elegans somatic gonad

(2010) T. Obinata et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

The cell adhesion molecule Roughest depends on  Heavy-spectrin during eye morphogenesis in Drosophila

(2010) H.-G. Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

RACK-1 Acts with Rac GTPase Signaling and UNC-115/abLIM in Caenorhabditis elegans Axon Pathfinding and Cell Migration

(2010) Rafael S. Demarco et al.   PLoS Genetics

An auxin-based degron system for the rapid depletion of proteins in nonplant cells

(2009) Kohei Nishimura et al.   NATURE METHODS

Myosin, Transgelin, and Myosin Light Chain Kinase

(2008) Renaud Léguillette et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Processing bodies and germ granules are distinct RNA granules that interact in C. elegans embryos

(2008) Christopher M. Gallo et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The Arp2/3 Activators WAVE and WASP Have Distinct Genetic Interactions With Rac GTPases in Caenorhabditis elegans Axon Guidance

(2008) M. A. Shakir et al.   GENETICS

αII-Spectrin Is Critical for Cell Adhesion and Cell Cycle

(2008) Sylvain Metral et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Cytoskeleton assembly at endothelial cell–cell contacts is regulated by αII-spectrin–VASP complexes

(2008) Peter M. Benz et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Essential role of ADF/cofilin for assembly of contractile actin networks in the C. elegans somatic gonad

(2008) K. Ono et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

A Cytoskeletal Demolition Worker: Myosin II Acts as an Actin Depolymerization Agent

(2007) Lior Haviv et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY