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A. Fineberg, Y. Takagi, K. Thirumurugan, J. Andrecka, N. Billington, G. Young, D. Cole, S. A. Burgess, A. P. Curd, J. A. Hammer, J. R. Sellers, P. Kukura, P. J. Knight
This study reveals that myosin-5 takes variable step lengths along F-actin tracks, adapting to angular disorder in the track structure.
bioRxiv · Jul 16, 2023Biophysics
M. R. Hannaford, R. Liu, N. Billington, Z. T. Swider, B. J. Galletta, C. J. Fagerstrom, C. Combs, J. R. Sellers, N. M. Rusan
The paper identifies Pericentrin-Like-Protein (PLP) as a Kinesin-1 activator that drives centriole motility during interphase.
bioRxiv · Jan 12, 2022 · PreprintCell Biology
T. E. Sladewski, P. C. Campbell, N. Billington, A. D'Ordine, C. L. de Graffenried
This study investigates the role of the T. brucei orphan kinesin KLIF in cytokinesis by analyzing its microtubule crosslinking properties and their impact on cell division.
bioRxiv · Nov 4, 2021 · PreprintBiophysics
K. Cannon, J. M. Vargas-Muniz, N. Billington, I. Seim, J. Ekena, J. R. Sellers, P. Philippsen, A. Gladfelter
The paper identifies a gene duplication in Ashbya gossypii that generates two septin proteins with distinct biophysical properties and developmental regulation.
bioRxiv · Apr 23, 2021 · PreprintCell Biology
C. Brito, F. S. Mesquita, D. Osorio, J. M. Pereira, N. Billington, J. R. Sellers, A. Xavier de Carvalho, D. Cabanes, S. Sousa
This study identifies Src-dependent NM2A tyrosine-phosphorylation at residue 158 as a regulator of actomyosin dynamics and cell responses to bacterial infection.
bioRxiv · Aug 12, 2020 · PreprintCell Biology
W. Lu, M. Lakonishok, R. Liu, N. Billington, A. Rich, M. Glotzer, J. R. Sellers, V. I. Gelfand
This study shows that competition between kinesin-1 and myosin-V, influenced by cortical microtubule density, determines posterior localization of osk mRNA in Drosophila oocytes.
bioRxiv · Dec 5, 2019Cell Biology
T. E. Sladewski, N. Billington, M. Y. Ali, C. S. Bookwalter, H. Lu, E. B. Krementsova, T. A. Schroer, K. M. Trybus
The paper shows that full-length BicD requires both Egl and mRNA to activate dynein-dynactin motility for mRNA transport, recruiting two dyneins to enhance transport efficiency.
bioRxiv · Feb 28, 2018Biophysics
G. Young, N. Hundt, D. Cole, A. Fineberg, J. Andrecka, A. Tyler, A. Olerinyova, A. Ansari, E. G. Marklund, M. P. Collier, S. A. Chandler, O. Tkachenko, J. Allen, M. Crispin, N. Billington, , P. Kukura
This paper introduces a method to mass-image single biomolecules in solution with high precision and resolution, enabling the study of molecular interactions and assemblies.
bioRxiv · Dec 6, 2017Biophysics
L. Melli, N. Billington, S. A. Sun, J. Bird, A. Nagy, T. B. Friedman, Y. Takagi, J. R. Sellers
This study compares the motile and mechanical properties of NM-2A and NM-2B filaments, showing that NM2-A filaments require specific conditions to move processively.
bioRxiv · Nov 2, 2017Biophysics