Microtubule dynamics: an interplay of biochemistry and mechanics

GJ Brouhard, LM Rice - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
Microtubules are dynamic polymers of αβ-tubulin that are essential for intracellular
organization, organelle trafficking and chromosome segregation. Microtubule growth and …

Supramolecular polymers in aqueous media

E Krieg, MMC Bastings, P Besenius… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This review discusses one-dimensional supramolecular polymers that form in aqueous
media. First, naturally occurring supramolecular polymers are described, in particular …

Regulation of actin filament assembly by Arp2/3 complex and formins

TD Pollard - Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biomol. Struct., 2007 - annualreviews.org
This review summarizes what is known about the biochemical and biophysical mechanisms
that initiate the assembly of actin filaments in cells. Assembly and disassembly of these …

Diffusion, crowding & protein stability in a dynamic molecular model of the bacterial cytoplasm

SR McGuffee, AH Elcock - PLoS computational biology, 2010 - journals.plos.org
A longstanding question in molecular biology is the extent to which the behavior of
macromolecules observed in vitro accurately reflects their behavior in vivo. A number of …

Actin assembly mechanisms at a glance

K Rottner, J Faix, S Bogdan, S Linder… - Journal of cell …, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
The actin cytoskeleton and associated motor proteins provide the driving forces for
establishing the astonishing morphological diversity and dynamics of mammalian cells …

Mechanism of actin filament turnover by severing and nucleation at different concentrations of ADF/cofilin

E Andrianantoandro, TD Pollard - Molecular cell, 2006 - cell.com
ADF/cofilins are key regulators of actin dynamics during cellular motility, yet their precise
role and mechanism of action are shrouded in ambiguity. Direct observation of actin …

Unleashing formins to remodel the actin and microtubule cytoskeletons

MA Chesarone, AG DuPage, BL Goode - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2010 - nature.com
Formins are highly conserved proteins that have essential roles in remodelling the actin and
microtubule cytoskeletons to influence eukaryotic cell shape and behaviour. Recent work …