Non-Muscle Myosin II in Axonal Cell Biology: From the Growth Cone to the Axon Initial Segment

Radial contractility of actomyosin rings facilitates axonal trafficking and structural stability

(2020) Tong Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Knocking Out Non-muscle Myosin II in Retinal Ganglion Cells Promotes Long-Distance Optic Nerve Regeneration

(2020) Xue-Wei Wang et al.   Cell Reports

The axonal actin-spectrin lattice acts as a tension buffering shock absorber

(2020) Sushil Dubey et al.   eLife

The membrane periodic skeleton is an actomyosin network that regulates axonal diameter and conduction

(2020) Ana Rita Costa et al.   eLife

Axon Growth of CNS Neurons in Three Dimensions Is Amoeboid and Independent of Adhesions

(2020) Telma E. Santos et al.   Cell Reports

Tropomyosin Tpm3.1 Is Required to Maintain the Structure and Function of the Axon Initial Segment

(2020) Amr Abouelezz et al.   iScience

Structural plasticity of actin-spectrin membrane skeleton and functional role of actin and spectrin in axon degeneration

(2019) Guiping Wang et al.   eLife

RhoA Controls Axon Extension Independent of Specification in the Developing Brain

(2019) Sebastian Dupraz et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Tau interactome analyses in CRISPR-Cas9 engineered neuronal cells reveal ATPase-dependent binding of wild-type but not P301L Tau to non-muscle myosins

(2019) Xinzhu Wang et al.   Scientific Reports

Presenilin/γ-secretase-dependent EphA3 processing mediates axon elongation through non-muscle myosin IIA

(2019) Míriam Javier-Torrent et al.   eLife

Ultrastructure of the axonal periodic scaffold reveals a braid-like organization of actin rings

(2019) Stéphane Vassilopoulos et al.   Nature Communications

Cytoskeletal mechanisms of axonal contractility

(2018) Sampada P. Mutalik et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

MYH9: Structure, functions and role of non-muscle myosin IIA in human disease

(2018) Alessandro Pecci et al.   GENE

Localized Myosin II Activity Regulates Assembly and Plasticity of the Axon Initial Segment

(2018) Stephen L. Berger et al.   NEURON

Ordering of myosin II filaments driven by mechanical forces: experiments and theory

(2018) Kinjal Dasbiswas et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Remodeling of the Actin/Spectrin Membrane-associated Periodic Skeleton, Growth Cone Collapse and F-Actin Decrease during Axonal Degeneration

(2018) Nicolas Unsain et al.   Scientific Reports

Axon Regeneration in the Central Nervous System: Facing the Challenges from the Inside

(2018) Michele Curcio et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

The Regulation of Axon Diameter: From Axonal Circumferential Contractility to Activity-Dependent Axon Swelling

(2018) Ana Rita Costa et al.   Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Myosin II activity is required for structural plasticity at the axon initial segment

(2017) Mark D. Evans et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Neuronal polarization: From spatiotemporal signaling to cytoskeletal dynamics

(2017) Max Schelski et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE

Long-range self-organization of cytoskeletal myosin II filament stacks

(2017) Shiqiong Hu et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Actin dynamics and competition for myosin monomer govern the sequential amplification of myosin filaments

(2017) Jordan R. Beach et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Effect of ATP and regulatory light-chain phosphorylation on the polymerization of mammalian nonmuscle myosin II

(2017) Xiong Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Coupled circumferential and axial tension driven by actin and myosin influences in vivo axon diameter

(2017) Anthony Fan et al.   Scientific Reports

Mechanism of Axonal Contractility in Embryonic Drosophila Motor Neurons In Vivo

(2016) Alireza Tofangchi et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Various Themes of Myosin Regulation

(2016) Sarah M. Heissler et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Nerve growth factor stimulates axon outgrowth through negative regulation of growth cone actomyosin restraint of microtubule advance

(2016) Stephen G. Turney et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

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

Non-muscle myosin II in disease: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities

(2015) K. A. Newell-Litwa et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

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

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

The role of myosin-II in force generation of DRG filopodia and lamellipodia

(2015) Wasim A. Sayyad et al.   Scientific Reports

Nonmuscle Myosin II Isoforms Coassemble in Living Cells

(2014) Jordan R. Beach 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

Cell intrinsic control of axon regeneration

(2014) F. M. Mar et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Characterization of Three Full-length Human Nonmuscle Myosin II Paralogs

(2013) Neil Billington et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Actin dynamics in growth cone motility and navigation

(2013) Timothy M. Gomez et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Actin, Spectrin, and Associated Proteins Form a Periodic Cytoskeletal Structure in Axons

(2012) K. Xu et al.   SCIENCE

The myosin phosphatase targeting protein (MYPT) family: A regulated mechanism for achieving substrate specificity of the catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase type 1δ

(2011) Michael E. Grassie et al.   ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS

Myosin II activity regulates neurite outgrowth and guidance in response to chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans

(2011) Panpan Yu et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Engineering neuronal growth cones to promote axon regeneration over inhibitory molecules

(2011) E.-M. Hur et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Signaling by Neuronal Swelling

(2011) R. D. Fields   Science Signaling

Activity-dependent relocation of the axon initial segment fine-tunes neuronal excitability

(2010) Matthew S. Grubb et al.   NATURE

Myosin-II negatively regulates minor process extension and the temporal development of neuronal polarity

(2009) K.M. Kollins et al.   Developmental Neurobiology

The trip of the tip: understanding the growth cone machinery

(2009) Laura Anne Lowery et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

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

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

A Tripartite Complex Containing MRCK Modulates Lamellar Actomyosin Retrograde Flow

(2008) Ivan Tan et al.   CELL

Coordination of Actin Filament and Microtubule Dynamics during Neurite Outgrowth

(2008) Andrew W. Schaefer et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Myosin II Activity Facilitates Microtubule Bundling in the Neuronal Growth Cone Neck

(2008) Dylan T. Burnette et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Protein kinase C-dependent α-secretory processing of the amyloid precursor protein is mediated by phosphorylation of myosin II-B

(2008) Francesca Argellati et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Myosin IIA is required for neurite outgrowth inhibition produced by repulsive guidance molecule

(2008) Takekazu Kubo et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Myosin IIC: A Third Molecular Motor Driving Neuronal Dynamics

(2008) Steven R. Wylie et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

The C-Terminal Tail Region of Nonmuscle Myosin II Directs Isoform-specific Distribution in Migrating Cells

(2008) Joshua C. Sandquist et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons React to Semaphorin 3A Application through a Biphasic Response that Requires Multiple Myosin II Isoforms

(2008) Jacquelyn A. Brown et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL