2024
Competition and synergy of Arp2/3 and formins in nucleating actin waves
Le Chua X, San Tong C, Su M, Xǔ X, Xiao S, Wu X, Wu M. Competition and synergy of Arp2/3 and formins in nucleating actin waves. Cell Reports 2024, 43: 114423. PMID: 38968072, PMCID: PMC11378572, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114423.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchActin wavesActin regulatory proteinsActin cytoskeletal networkConstitutively active mutantArp2/3 complexActin assemblyMonomeric actinActive Cdc42Cdc42-interactingCytoskeletal networkArp2/3Active mutantCellular processesRegulatory proteinsUpstream regulatorCdc42ActinPlasma membraneFMNL1Complex feedback loopsForminPhysiological stateDelayed recruitmentFeedback loopGTPase
2013
Calcium oscillations-coupled conversion of actin travelling waves to standing oscillations
Wu M, Wu X, De Camilli P. Calcium oscillations-coupled conversion of actin travelling waves to standing oscillations. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2013, 110: 1339-1344. PMID: 23297209, PMCID: PMC3557052, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1221538110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasma membraneActin regulatory proteinsActin cytoskeletonActin dynamicsActive Cdc42Cell cortexCell physiologyRegulatory proteinsActin polymerizationDynamic spatial patternsMacromolecular assembliesCalcium oscillationsSpatial patternsActinMembraneFBP17Cdc42CellsCytoskeletonFeedback mechanismProteinPhysiologyAntigen stimulationGlobal fluctuationsMechanism