Control of microtubule dynamics using an optogenetic microtubule plus end–F-actin cross-linker

The spectraplakin Short stop is an essential microtubule regulator involved in epithelial closure inDrosophila

(2017) Zsanett Takács et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Structure of the ACF7 EF-Hand-GAR Module and Delineation of Microtubule Binding Determinants

(2017) Thomas R. Lane et al.   STRUCTURE

Tuning the Binding Affinities and Reversion Kinetics of a Light Inducible Dimer Allows Control of Transmembrane Protein Localization

(2016) Seth P. Zimmerman et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

EB1 interacts with outwardly curved and straight regions of the microtubule lattice

(2016) Audrey Guesdon et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Optogenetic Control of Molecular Motors and Organelle Distributions in Cells

(2015) Liting Duan et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Optogenetic control of organelle transport and positioning

(2015) Petra van Bergeijk et al.   NATURE

Correlating in Vitro and in Vivo Activities of Light-Inducible Dimers: A Cellular Optogenetics Guide

(2015) Ryan A. Hallett et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Optogenetic approaches to cell migration and beyond

(2014) Matthew Weitzman et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Engineering an improved light-induced dimer (iLID) for controlling the localization and activity of signaling proteins

(2014) Gurkan Guntas et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An optogenetic tool for the activation of endogenous diaphanous-related formins induces thickening of stress fibers without an increase in contractility

(2013) Megha Vaman Rao et al.   Cytoskeleton

The actin-microtubule cross-linking activity of Drosophila Short stop is regulated by intramolecular inhibition

(2013) Derek A. Applewhite et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

EBs Recognize a Nucleotide-Dependent Structural Cap at Growing Microtubule Ends

(2012) Sebastian P. Maurer et al.   CELL

Designing Photoswitchable Peptides Using the AsLOV2 Domain

(2012) Oana I. Lungu et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

A Proteome-wide Screen for Mammalian SxIP Motif-Containing Microtubule Plus-End Tracking Proteins

(2012) Kai Jiang et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Calcium tips the balance: a microtubule plus end to lattice binding switch operates in the carboxyl terminus of BPAG1n4

(2012) Mridu Kapur et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Multisite Phosphorylation Disrupts Arginine-Glutamate Salt Bridge Networks Required for Binding of Cytoplasmic Linker-associated Protein 2 (CLASP2) to End-binding Protein 1 (EB1)

(2012) Praveen Kumar et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

TULIPs: tunable, light-controlled interacting protein tags for cell biology

(2012) Devin Strickland et al.   NATURE METHODS

Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

(2012) Johannes Schindelin et al.   NATURE METHODS

Skin Stem Cells Orchestrate Directional Migration by Regulating Microtubule-ACF7 Connections through GSK3β

(2011) Xiaoyang Wu et al.   CELL

Microtubule-associated Protein 1B (MAP1B) Is Required for Dendritic Spine Development and Synaptic Maturation

(2011) Elena Tortosa et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The microtubule lattice and plus-end association of Drosophila Mini spindles is spatially regulated to fine-tune microtubule dynamics

(2011) Joshua D. Currie et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

GTP S microtubules mimic the growing microtubule end structure recognized by end-binding proteins (EBs)

(2011) S. P. Maurer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nervous-tissue-specific elimination of microtubule-actin crosslinking factor 1a results in multiple developmental defects in the mouse brain

(2010) Dmitry Goryunov et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE

The Spectraplakin Short Stop Is an Actin–Microtubule Cross-Linker That Contributes to Organization of the Microtubule Network

(2010) Derek A. Applewhite et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

An EB1-Binding Motif Acts as a Microtubule Tip Localization Signal

(2009) Srinivas Honnappa et al.   CELL

Mouse ACF7 and Drosophila Short stop modulate filopodia formation and microtubule organisation during neuronal growth

(2009) N. Sanchez-Soriano et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

EB1 Recognizes the Nucleotide State of Tubulin in the Microtubule Lattice

(2009) Marija Zanic et al.   PLoS One

The actin cytoskeleton in spindle assembly and positioning

(2009) Patricia Kunda et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

ACF7 Regulates Cytoskeletal-Focal Adhesion Dynamics and Migration and Has ATPase Activity

(2008) Xiaoyang Wu et al.   CELL

Culture of Drosophila S2 cells and their use for RNAi-mediated loss-of-function studies and immunofluorescence microscopy

(2008) Stephen L Rogers et al.   Nature Protocols