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List of works by Patrick W Oakes

Actin assembly factors regulate the gelation kinetics and architecture of F-actin networks

scientific article published on April 2013

Balancing forces in migration

CCR7 fuels and LFA-1 grips

Cholesterol depletion impairs contractile machinery in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes

scientific article published on 3 March 2017

Contact guidance requires spatial control of leading-edge protrusion.

scientific article

Dia1-dependent adhesions are required by epithelial tissues to initiate invasion.

scientific article published on 5 February 2018

Disordered actomyosin networks are sufficient to produce cooperative and telescopic contractility

scientific article

Dynamic and structural signatures of lamellar actomyosin force generation

scientific article

Entropy production rate is maximized in non-contractile actomyosin

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Epithelial rotation promotes the global alignment of contractile actin bundles during Drosophila egg chamber elongation

scientific article

Forcing cells into shape: the mechanics of actomyosin contractility

scientific article published on July 2015

Geometry regulates traction stresses in adherent cells.

scientific article

Growth of tactoidal droplets during the first-order isotropic to nematic phase transition of F-actin.

scientific article published in June 2007

Isotropic to Nematic Liquid Crystalline Phase Transition ofF-Actin Varies from Continuous to First Order

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Lamellipodium is a myosin-independent mechanosensor

scientific article published on 27 February 2018

Measuring Cell Mechanics

Membrane-cytoskeletal crosstalk mediated by myosin-I regulates adhesion turnover during phagocytosis

Micron-scale plasma membrane curvature is recognized by the septin cytoskeleton

scientific article

Model-based traction force microscopy reveals differential tension in cellular actin bundles

scientific article

Multiscale model of integrin adhesion assembly.

scientific article published on 4 June 2019

Neutrophil morphology and migration are affected by substrate elasticity

scientific article

Nonmuscle myosin heavy chain IIA mediates integrin LFA-1 de-adhesion during T lymphocyte migration

scientific article

Optogenetic control of RhoA reveals zyxin-mediated elasticity of stress fibres.

scientific article published on 12 June 2017

Preparation of complaint matrices for quantifying cellular contraction

scientific article

Spatiotemporal constraints on the force-dependent growth of focal adhesions

scientific article (publication date: 22 June 2011)

Stressing the limits of focal adhesion mechanosensitivity

scientific article published on 05 July 2014

TRM integrins CD103 and CD49a differentially support adherence and motility after resolution of influenza virus infection

scientific article published on 21 May 2020

Tension is required but not sufficient for focal adhesion maturation without a stress fiber template

scientific article

Tissue tension and not interphase cell shape determines cell division orientation in the Drosophila follicular epithelium

scientific article published on 26 November 2018