The mechanics of microtubule networks in cell division

Diffusible Crosslinkers Generate Directed Forces in Microtubule Networks

(2015) Zdenek Lansky et al.   CELL

Measuring Pushing and Braking Forces Generated by Ensembles of Kinesin-5 Crosslinking Two Microtubules

(2015) Yuta Shimamoto et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Micromechanics of the Vertebrate Meiotic Spindle Examined by Stretching along the Pole-to-Pole Axis

(2014) Jun Takagi et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Asymmetric Friction of Nonmotor MAPs Can Lead to Their Directional Motion in Active Microtubule Networks

(2014) Scott Forth et al.   CELL

Structural basis for the assembly of the mitotic motor Kinesin-5 into bipolar tetramers

(2014) Jessica E Scholey et al.   eLife

Kinesin-8 Is a Low-Force Motor Protein with a Weakly Bound Slip State

(2013) Anita Jannasch et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cytoplasmic dynein crosslinks and slides anti-parallel microtubules using its two motor domains

(2013) Marvin E Tanenbaum et al.   eLife

Measuring collective transport by defined numbers of processive and nonprocessive kinesin motors

(2012) K. Furuta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Insights into the Micromechanical Properties of the Metaphase Spindle

(2011) Yuta Shimamoto et al.   CELL

A Nonmotor Microtubule Binding Site in Kinesin-5 Is Required for Filament Crosslinking and Sliding

(2011) Joshua S. Weinger et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Cooperative Responses of Multiple Kinesins to Variable and Constant Loads

(2011) D. Kenneth Jamison et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Adaptive braking by Ase1 prevents overlapping microtubules from sliding completely apart

(2011) Marcus Braun et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Two Kinesins Transport Cargo Primarily via the Action of One Motor: Implications for Intracellular Transport

(2010) D. Kenneth Jamison et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Microtubule organization by the antagonistic mitotic motors kinesin-5 and kinesin-14

(2010) Christian Hentrich et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Mitotic functions of kinesin-5

(2010) Nick P. Ferenz et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Force and Length in the Mitotic Spindle

(2009) Sophie Dumont et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The kinesin-14 Klp2 organizes microtubules into parallel bundles by an ATP-dependent sorting mechanism

(2009) Marcus Braun et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

The mitotic kinesin-14 Ncd drives directional microtubule–microtubule sliding

(2009) Gero Fink et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Probing the mechanical architecture of the vertebrate meiotic spindle

(2009) Takeshi Itabashi et al.   NATURE METHODS

Protein Friction Limits Diffusive and Directed Movements of Kinesin Motors on Microtubules

(2009) V. Bormuth et al.   SCIENCE

Force-generation and dynamic instability of microtubule bundles

(2008) Liedewij Laan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA