Reduction in E-cadherin expression fosters migration of Xenopus laevis primordial germ cells

How actin/myosin crosstalks guide the adhesion, locomotion and polarization of cells

(2015) Erich Sackmann   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

Traction stress analysis and modeling reveal that amoeboid migration in confined spaces is accompanied by expansive forces and requires the structural integrity of the membrane–cortex interactions

(2015) Ai Kia Yip et al.   Integrative Biology

Quantitating membrane bleb stiffness using AFM force spectroscopy and an optical sideview setup

(2015) Carina Gonnermann et al.   Integrative Biology

Cadherin Adhesion and Mechanotransduction

(2014) D.E. Leckband et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

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

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

Covalent and Density-Controlled Surface Immobilization of E-Cadherin for Adhesion Force Spectroscopy

(2014) Dagmar Fichtner et al.   PLoS One

The role and regulation of blebs in cell migration

(2013) Ewa K Paluch et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanical Properties of Giant Liposomes Compressed between Two Parallel Plates: Impact of Artificial Actin Shells

(2013) Edith Schäfer et al.   LANGMUIR

Tension Monitoring during Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition Links the Switch of Phenotype to Expression of Moesin and Cadherins in NMuMG Cells

(2013) David Schneider et al.   PLoS One

Migratory and adhesive properties of Xenopus laevis primordial germ cells in vitro

(2013) A. Dzementsei et al.   Biology Open

Developmental regulation of locomotive activity inXenopusprimordial germ cells

(2012) Kohei Terayama et al.   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Identification and Regulation of a Molecular Module for Bleb-Based Cell Motility

(2012) Mehdi Goudarzi et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Spontaneous Contractility-Mediated Cortical Flow Generates Cell Migration in Three-Dimensional Environments

(2011) Rhoda J. Hawkins et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Allosteric Cross Talk between Cadherin Extracellular Domains

(2010) Quanming Shi et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Repression of early zygotic transcription in the germline

(2010) Akira Nakamura et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

N- and E-cadherins in Xenopus are specifically required in the neural and non-neural ectoderm, respectively, for F-actin assembly and morphogenetic movements

(2009) S. Nandadasa et al.   DEVELOPMENT

A role for Rho GTPases and cell–cell adhesion in single-cell motility in vivo

(2009) Elena Kardash et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanisms guiding primordial germ cell migration: strategies from different organisms

(2009) Brian E. Richardson et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Pushing off the Walls: A Mechanism of Cell Motility in Confinement

(2009) R. J. Hawkins et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Tre1 GPCR initiates germ cell transepithelial migration by regulatingDrosophila melanogasterE-cadherin

(2008) Prabhat S. Kunwar et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Single-cell force spectroscopy

(2008) J. Helenius et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Rapid leukocyte migration by integrin-independent flowing and squeezing

(2008) Tim Lämmermann et al.   NATURE