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Melanie J. I. Müller, Stefan Klumpp, and Reinhard Lipowsky
Bidirectional Transport by Molecular Motors: Enhanced Processivity and Response to External Forces
Biophysical Journal 2010 (98):2610–2618

Lund K, Manzo AJ, Dabby N, Michelotti N, Johnson-Buck A, Nangreave J, Taylor S, Pei R, Stojanovic MN, Walter NG, Winfree E & Yan H. Molecular robots guided by prescriptive landscapes. Nature (May 13 2010) 465:206-210.

Kollman JM, Polka JK, Zelter A, Davis TN, Agard DA. Microtubule nucleating gamma-TuSC assembles structures with 13-fold microtubule-like symmetry.  Nature. 2010 Jul 14. [Epub ahead of print]

Dunn AR, Chuan P, Bryant Z, and Spudich JA. Contribution of the myosin VI tail domain to processive stepping and intramolecular tension sensing. PNAS 107:7746-7750.

Clayton JE, Sammons MR, Stark BC, Hodges AR, Lord M. Differential Regulation of Unconventional Fission Yeast Myosins via the Actin Track. Curr Biol. 2010 Aug 11. [Epub ahead of print]

Ptacin JL, Lee SF, Garner EC, Toro E, Eckart M, Comolli LR.
A spindle-like apparatus guides bacterial chromosome segregation.  Nature Cell Biology (2010) 12:791

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Astumian, R.D.  Thermodynamics and kinetics of molecular motors.
Biophys J. 2010, 98(11) pp. 2401 - 2409

N.V. Bukoreshtliev, X. Wang, E. Hodneland, S. Gurke, J.FV. Barroso,H. Gerdes.
Selective block of tunneling nanotube (TNT) formation inhibits intercellular organelle transfer between PC12 cells.  FEBS Letters 583 (2009) 1481–1488.

X. Wang, M.L. Veruki, N.V. Bukoreshtliev, E. Hartveit, and H. Gerdes. Animal cells connected by nanotubes can be electrically coupled through interposed gap-junction channels.  PNAS,October 5, 2010 107(40):17194–17199

Li H, Liu XS, Yang X, Song B, Wang Y, Liu X. Polo-like kinase 1 phosphorylation of p150(glued) facilitates nuclear envelope breakdown during prophase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Aug 17;107(33):14633-8.

Romé P, Montembault E, Franck N, Pascal A, Glover DM, Giet R. Aurora A contributes to p150(glued) phosphorylation and function during mitosis. J Cell Biol. 2010 May 17;189(4):651-9.

JNK-induced changes in axonal transport are mediated by the bidirectional co-regulator JIP1

Kinesin-like protein CENP-E adopts a folded conformation while exhibiting high motor activity

Meng-meng Fu

Nikita Gudimchuk

S.E. Glynn, A. Martin, A.R. Nager, T.A. Baker, and R.T. Sauer. Structures of Asymmetric ClpX Hexamers Reveal Nucleotide-Dependent Motions in a AAA+ Protein-Unfolding Machine. Cell 139, 744–756

Kanchanawong P, Shtengel G, Pasapera AM, Ramko EB, Davidson MW, Hess HF, and Waterman CM. Nanoscale architecture of integrin-based cell adhesions.  Nature 468: 580–584 Date published: (25 November 2010).

Aylett CHS, Wang Q, Michie KA, Amos LA, and Lowe J. Filament structure of bacterial tubulin homologue TubZ, 2010, PNAS 107, 19766-19771.

Nogales E. When cytoskeletal worlds collide, 2010, PNAS 107, 19609-19610.

Practice talks for Biophysics Meeting - Adam G. Hendricks, Eran Perlson, Jacob E. Lazarus, Mariko Tokito, Yale E. Goldman, Erika L. F. Holzbaur. Dynein's dual roles as a motor and tether in the neuron

Tojkander S, Gateva G, Schevzov G, Hotulainen P, Naumanen P, Martin C, Gunning PW, Lappalainen P. A Molecular Pathway for Myosin II Recruitment to Stress Fibers. Curr Biol. 2011 Apr 12;21(7):539-50. Epub 2011 Mar 31.

Shiroguchi K, Chin HF, Hannemann DE, Muneyuki E, De La Cruz EM, Kinosita K Jr. Direct observation of the myosin Va recovery stroke that contributes to unidirectional stepping along actin. PLoS Biol. 2011 Apr;9(4):e1001031. Epub 2011 Apr 12.