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Non-muscle myosin II takes centre stage in cell adhesion and migration
Miguel Vicente-Manzanares, Xuefei Ma, Robert S. Adelstein & Alan Rick Horwitz
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 10, 778–790
(November 2009); doi:10.1038/nrm2786
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Traffic control: regulation of kinesin motors
Kristen J. Verhey & Jennetta W. Hammond
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 10, 765–777
(November 2009); doi:10.1038/nrm2782
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Oxidant-induced apoptosis is mediated by oxidation of the actin-regulatory protein cofilin
Fábio Klamt et al.
Nature Cell Biology 11, 1241–1246
(October 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb1968
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The bacterial virulence factor InlC perturbs apical cell junctions and promotes cell-to-cell spread of Listeria
Tina Rajabian et al.
Nature Cell Biology 11, 1212–1218
(October 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb1964
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A bacterial virulence factor that dissipates tension
Stéphane Romero & Guy Tran Van Nhieu
Nature Cell Biology 11, 1174–1175
(October 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb1009-1174
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Spatiotemporal control of cell signalling using a light-switchable protein interaction
Anselm Levskaya, Orion D. Weiner, Wendell A. Lim & Christopher A. Voigt
Nature 461, 997–1001
(15 October 2009); doi:10.1038/nature08446
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In vivo RNAi screening identifies regulators of actin dynamics as key determinants of lymphoma progression
Corbin E Meacham, Emily E Ho, Esther Dubrovsky, Frank B Gertler & Michael T Hemann
Nature Genetics 41, 1133–1137
(October 2009); doi:10.1038/ng.451
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MyosinV controls PTEN function and neuronal cell size
Michiel T. van Diepen et al.
Nature Cell Biology 11, 1191–1196
(October 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb1961
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A motor driving PTEN
Jing Zhou & Luis F. Parada
Nature Cell Biology 11, 1177–1179
(October 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb1009-1177
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Kinesin superfamily motor proteins and intracellular transport
Nobutaka Hirokawa, Yasuko Noda, Yosuke Tanaka & Shinsuke Niwa
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 10, 682–696
(October 2009); doi:10.1038/nrm2774
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SADB phosphorylation of γ-tubulin regulates centrosome duplication
María Alvarado-Kristensson, María Josefa Rodríguez, Virginia Silió, José M. Valpuesta & Ana C. Carrera
Nature Cell Biology 11, 1081–1092
(September 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb1921
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SAD kinase keeps centrosomes lonely
Daici Chen & Jackie Vogel
Nature Cell Biology 11, 1047–1048
(September 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb0909-1047
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An essential role of the aPKC–Aurora A–NDEL1 pathway in neurite elongation by modulation of microtubule dynamics
Daisuke Mori et al.
Nature Cell Biology 11, 1057–1068
(September 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb1919
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Aurora A moonlights in neurite extension
Gloria Kuo Lefkowitz & Joseph G. Gleeson
Nature Cell Biology 11, 1053–1054
(September 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb0909-1053
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Primary cilia can both mediate and suppress Hedgehog pathway–dependent tumorigenesis
Sunny Y Wong et al.
Nature Medicine 15, 1055–1061
(September 2009); doi:10.1038/nm.2011
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Dual and opposing roles of primary cilia in medulloblastoma development
Young-Goo Han et al.
Nature Medicine 15, 1062–1065
(September 2009); doi:10.1038/nm.2020
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Two sides to cilia in cancer
Rune Toftgård
Nature Medicine 15, 994–996
(September 2009); doi:10.1038/nm0909-994
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Direct observation of the binding state of the kinesin head to the microtubule
Nicholas R. Guydosh & Steven M. Block
Nature 461, 125–128
(03 September 2009); doi:10.1038/nature08259
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Axonal elongation triggered by stimulus-induced local translation of a polarity complex protein
Ulrich Hengst, Alessia Deglincerti, Hyung Joon Kim, Noo Li Jeon & Samie R. Jaffrey
Nature Cell Biology 11, 1024–1030
(August 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb1916
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Axon growth-stimulus package includes local translation
Ian G. Macara, Hidekazu Iioka & Stavroula Mili
Nature Cell Biology 11, 919–921
(August 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb0809-919
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Characterization of two classes of small molecule inhibitors of Arp2/3 complex
B. J. Nolen et al.
Nature 460, 1031–1034
(20 August 2009); doi:10.1038/nature08231
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Growth, fluctuation and switching at microtubule plus ends
Jonathon Howard & Anthony A. Hyman
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 10, 569–574
(August 2009); doi:10.1038/nrm2713
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Random versus directionally persistent cell migration
Ryan J. Petrie, Andrew D. Doyle & Kenneth M. Yamada
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 10, 538–549
(August 2009); doi:10.1038/nrm2729
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Kif1b is essential for mRNA localization in oligodendrocytes and development of myelinated axons
David A Lyons, Stephen G Naylor, Anja Scholze & William S Talbot
Nature Genetics 41, 854–858
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/ng.376
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The Arp2/3 complex and WASp are required for apical trafficking of Delta into microvilli during cell fate specification of sensory organ precursors
Akhila Rajan, An-Chi Tien, Claire M. Haueter, Karen L. Schulze & Hugo J. Bellen
Nature Cell Biology 11, 815–824
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb1888
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Delta traffic takes a sh-Arp turn
Eyal D. Schejter
Nature Cell Biology 11, 791–793
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb0709-791
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Collective cell migration in morphogenesis, regeneration and cancer
Peter Friedl & Darren Gilmour
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 10, 445–457
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/nrm2720
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The kinesin-14 Klp2 organizes microtubules into parallel bundles by an ATP-dependent sorting mechanism
Marcus Braun, Douglas R. Drummond, Robert A. Cross & Andrew D. McAinsh
Nature Cell Biology 11, 724–730
(June 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb1878
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The mitotic kinesin-14 Ncd drives directional microtubule–microtubule sliding
Gero Fink et al.
Nature Cell Biology 11, 717–723
(June 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb1877
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Mutations in the β-tubulin gene TUBB2B result in asymmetrical polymicrogyria
Xavier Hubert Jaglin et al.
Nature Genetics 41, 746–752
(June 2009); doi:10.1038/ng.380
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Diversifying microtubules in brain development
Andrew P Jackson
Nature Genetics 41, 638–640
(June 2009); doi:10.1038/ng0609-638
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The trip of the tip: understanding the growth cone machinery
Laura Anne Lowery & David Van Vactor
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 10, 332–343
(May 2009); doi:10.1038/nrm2679
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Microtubule assembly, organization and dynamics in axons and dendrites
Cecilia Conde & Alfredo Cáceres
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 10, 319–332
(May 2009); doi:10.1038/nrn2631
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The WAVE regulatory complex is inhibited
Ayman M Ismail, Shae B Padrick, Baoyu Chen, Junko Umetani & Michael K Rosen
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 16, 561–563
(May 2009); doi:10.1038/nsmb.1587
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Talin phosphorylation by Cdk5 regulates Smurf1-mediated talin head ubiquitylation and cell migration
Cai Huang et al.
Nature Cell Biology 11, 624–630
(May 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb1868
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Smurf1 zaps the talin head
David R. Critchley
Nature Cell Biology 11, 538–540
(May 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb0509-538
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Fused has evolved divergent roles in vertebrate Hedgehog signalling and motile ciliogenesis
Christopher W. Wilson et al.
Nature 459, 98–102
(07 May 2009); doi:10.1038/nature07883
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Malaria parasite proteins that remodel the host erythrocyte
Alexander G. Maier, Brian M. Cooke, Alan F. Cowman & Leann Tilley
Nature Reviews Microbiology 7, 341–354
(May 2009); doi:10.1038/nrmicro2110
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p53-cofactor JMY is a multifunctional actin nucleation factor
J. Bradley Zuchero, Amanda S. Coutts, Margot E. Quinlan, Nicholas B. La Thangue & R. Dyche Mullins
Nature Cell Biology 11, 451–459
(April 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb1852
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Double JMY: making actin fast
David W. Roadcap & James E. Bear
Nature Cell Biology 11, 375–376
(April 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb0409-375
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Ephrin-B3 reverse signaling through Grb4 and cytoskeletal regulators mediates axon pruning
Nan-Jie Xu & Mark Henkemeyer
Nature Neuroscience 12, 268–276
(March 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2254
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Myocardin-related transcription factors and SRF are required for cytoskeletal dynamics and experimental metastasis
Souhila Medjkane, Cristina Perez-Sanchez, Cedric Gaggioli, Erik Sahai & Richard Treisman
Nature Cell Biology 11, 257–268
(March 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb1833
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Requirement for Nudel and dynein for assembly of the lamin B spindle matrix
Li Ma et al.
Nature Cell Biology 11, 247–256
(March 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb1832
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The rate of N-WASP exchange limits the extent of ARP2/3-complex-dependent actin-based motility
Ina Weisswange, Timothy P. Newsome, Sibylle Schleich & Michael Way
Nature 458, 87–91
(05 March 2009); doi:10.1038/nature07773
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A tense situation: forcing tumour progression
Darci T. Butcher, Tamara Alliston & Valerie M. Weaver
Nature Reviews Cancer 9, 108–122
(February 2009); doi:10.1038/nrc2544
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The 3Ms of central spindle assembly: microtubules, motors and MAPs
Michael Glotzer
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 10, 9–20
(January 2009); doi:10.1038/nrm2609
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The nature of the globular- to fibrous-actin transition
Toshiro Oda, Mitsusada Iwasa, Tomoki Aihara, Yuichiro Maéda & Akihiro Narita
Nature 457, 441–445
(22 January 2009); doi:10.1038/nature07685
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Structural biology: Actin in a twist
Kenneth C. Holmes
Nature 457, 389–390
(22 January 2009); doi:10.1038/457389a
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Pulsed contractions of an actin–myosin network drive apical constriction
Adam C. Martin, Matthias Kaschube & Eric F. Wieschaus
Nature 457, 495–499
(22 January 2009); doi:10.1038/nature07522
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The mechanism of pentabromopseudilin inhibition of myosin motor activity
Roman Fedorov et al.
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 16, 80–88
(January 2009); doi:10.1038/nsmb.1542
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Amoeboid T lymphocytes require the septin cytoskeleton for cortical integrity and persistent motility
Aaron J. Tooley et al.
Nature Cell Biology 11, 17–26
(January 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb1808
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Undressing a cellular corset: septins exposed
Melissa C. Srougi & Keith Burridge
Nature Cell Biology 11, 9–10
(January 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb0109-9
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Mechanotransduction in development: a growing role for contractility
Michele A. Wozniak & Christopher S. Chen
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 10, 34–43
(January 2009); doi:10.1038/nrm2592
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Mechanotransduction at a distance: mechanically coupling the extracellular matrix with the nucleus
Ning Wang, Jessica D. Tytell & Donald E. Ingber
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 10, 75–82
(January 2009); doi:10.1038/nrm2594
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Environmental sensing through focal adhesions
Benjamin Geiger, Joachim P. Spatz & Alexander D. Bershadsky
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 10, 21–33
(January 2009); doi:10.1038/nrm2593
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