List of works - Robert A Cross

A folded (10 S) conformer of myosin from a striated muscle and its implications for regulation of ATPase activity

scientific article published on 01 January 1991

A protein-making motor protein

scientific article published in Nature

A torque component in the kinesin-1 power stroke

scientific article published on 09 October 2005

ADP release is the rate-limiting step of the MT activated ATPase of non-claret disjunctional and kinesin

scientific article published on 01 July 1995

Active site trapping of nucleotide by smooth and non-muscle myosins

scientific article published on 01 September 1988

Alp7/TACC-Alp14/TOG generates long-lived, fast-growing MTs by an unconventional mechanism

scientific article

Bending of smooth muscle myosin rod

scientific article published on 01 October 1984

Caldesmon is an elongated, flexible molecule localized in the actomyosin domains of smooth muscle.

scientific article

Calponin is localised in both the contractile apparatus and the cytoskeleton of smooth muscle cells.

scientific article

Conformational stability of the myosin rod

scientific article published on 01 December 1984

Congruent docking of dimeric kinesin and ncd into three-dimensional electron cryomicroscopy maps of microtubule-motor ADP complexes.

scientific article published on June 1999

Contact dynamics during keratocyte motility

scientific article published on 01 March 2000

Curvature-induced expulsion of actomyosin bundles during cytokinetic ring contraction.

scientific article published on 13 October 2016

Differential trafficking of Kif5c on tyrosinated and detyrosinated microtubules in live cells

scientific article

Direct long-term observation of kinesin processivity at low load.

scientific article

Distinct roles of doublecortin modulating the microtubule cytoskeleton.

scientific article

Dual pathway spindle assembly increases both the speed and the fidelity of mitosis

scientific article published on 24 October 2011

Dynamics of interphase microtubules in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

scientific article published on 01 June 2000

Ectopic A-lattice seams destabilize microtubules

scientific article

Electrostatically biased binding of kinesin to microtubules

scientific article

Engineering a lever into the kinesin neck

scientific article published on 01 November 1998

Expression of the N-terminal domain of dystrophin in E. coli and demonstration of binding to F-actin.

scientific article published in April 1992

How phosphorylation controls the self-assembly of vertebrate smooth and non-muscle myosins

scientific article published on 01 August 1988

Influence of smooth muscle myosin conformation on myosin light chain kinase binding and on phosphorylation

scientific article published on 01 September 1985

Interaction of the mitotic inhibitor monastrol with human kinesin Eg5.

scientific article published in January 2003

KIF1D is a fast non-processive kinesin that demonstrates novel K-loop-dependent mechanochemistry.

scientific article

Kinesin and ncd bind through a single head to microtubules and compete for a shared MT binding site

scientific journal article

Kinesin backsteps.

scientific article published on April 2012

Kinesin expands and stabilizes the GDP-microtubule lattice.

scientific article published on 12 March 2018

Kinesin heads fused to hinge-free myosin tails drive efficient motility.

scientific article published in July 2004

Kinesin's moonwalk.

scientific article

Kinetic evidence for low chemical processivity in ncd and Eg5

scientific article published on 01 October 1997

Label-free Imaging of Microtubules with Sub-nm Precision Using Interferometric Scattering Microscopy

scientific article

Mal3 masks catastrophe events in Schizosaccharomyces pombe microtubules by inhibiting shrinkage and promoting rescue.

scientific article

Mal3, the Schizosaccharomyces pombe homolog of EB1, changes the microtubule lattice

scientific article

Mechanics of the kinesin step.

scientific article published in May 2005

Mechanochemical cell biology

scientific article published on 07 October 2011

MgATP binding changes neither the shape nor the flexibility of the heads of single myosin molecules

scientific article published on 01 November 1992

Microtubule minus ends can be labelled with a phage display antibody specific to alpha-tubulin

scientific article published on 01 June 1996

Molecular machines

scientific article published on 07 August 2017

Molecular motors

scientific article published on 01 March 2000

Molecular motors: Dynein's gearbox.

scientific article published on May 2004

Molecular motors: Kinesin's string variable.

scientific article

Molecular motors: Walking talking heads.

scientific article

Molecular motors: the natural economy of kinesin.

scientific article published on October 1997

Monastrol stabilises an attached low-friction mode of Eg5.

scientific article

Motor proteins. Directing direction

scientific article published on 01 August 2000

Multiphoton versus confocal high resolution z-sectioning of enhanced green fluorescent microtubules: increased multiphoton photobleaching within the focal plane can be compensated using a Pockels cell and dual widefield detectors.

scientific article published in May 2002

Myosin's mechanical ratchet.

scholarly article

Nucleotide-dependent angular change in kinesin motor domain bound to tubulin.

scientific article published in July 1995

Nucleotide-dependent structural changes in dimeric NCD molecules complexed to microtubules.

scientific article published in May 1998

On the hand-over-hand footsteps of kinesin heads.

scientific article published on April 1995

Opposing kinesin complexes queue at plus tips to ensure microtubule catastrophe at cell ends

scholarly article by John C Meadows published in November 2018

Preparation of dual-color polarity-marked fluorescent microtubule seeds.

scientific article

Prime movers: the mechanochemistry of mitotic kinesins

scientific article published on April 2014

Protein profiled features patterned via confocal microscopy.

scientific article

Proteolytic mapping of kinesin/ncd-microtubule interface: nucleotide-dependent conformational changes in the loops L8 and L12 ⬇️

scientific article published on February 16, 1998

Purification of tubulin from the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

scientific article published on 01 January 2011

Reversing the kinesin ratchet — a diverting tail

scientific article published in Nature

Role of the COOH-terminal nonhelical tailpiece in the assembly of a vertebrate nonmuscle myosin rod ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 1992

S-trityl-L-cysteine is a reversible, tight binding inhibitor of the human kinesin Eg5 that specifically blocks mitotic progression.

scientific article published on 28 February 2006

S. pombe kinesins-8 promote both nucleation and catastrophe of microtubules

scientific article

Scanning transmission electron microscopic mass determination of in vitro self-assembled smooth muscle myosin filaments.

scientific article

Single-headed mode of kinesin-5.

scientific article

Small angle X-ray scattering studies on myosin.

scientific article published on January 1991

Solubility-determining domain of smooth muscle myosin rod

scientific article published on 01 May 1986

Spatial pattern of myosin phosphorylation in contracting smooth muscle cells: evidence for contractile zones.

scientific article published on December 1988

Structural comparison of dimeric Eg5, Neurospora kinesin (Nkin) and Ncd head-Nkin neck chimera with conventional kinesin.

scientific article

Structural predictions for the central domain of dystrophin

scientific article published on 01 March 1990

Structural studies on the conformations of myosin.

scientific article published on January 1993

The crystal structure and biochemical characterization of Kif15: a bifunctional molecular motor involved in bipolar spindle formation and neuronal development

scientific article

The kinesin-14 Klp2 organizes microtubules into parallel bundles by an ATP-dependent sorting mechanism.

scientific article published on 10 May 2009

The kinetic mechanism of kinesin.

scientific article published in June 2004

Transport and self-organization across different length scales powered by motor proteins and programmed by DNA.

scientific article published on 10 November 2013

Unusual properties of the fungal conventional kinesin neck domain from Neurospora crassa ⬇️

scientific article published on November 15, 2001

Walking, hopping, diffusing and braking modes of kinesin-5.

scientific article

Weak and strong states of kinesin and ncd

scientific article published on 01 March 1996

What is 10S myosin for?

scientific article published on 01 February 1988

What kinesin does at roadblocks: the coordination mechanism for molecular walking

scientific article

List of works by Robert A Cross

A folded (10 S) conformer of myosin from a striated muscle and its implications for regulation of ATPase activity

A protein-making motor protein

A torque component in the kinesin-1 power stroke

ADP release is the rate-limiting step of the MT activated ATPase of non-claret disjunctional and kinesin

Active site trapping of nucleotide by smooth and non-muscle myosins

Alp7/TACC-Alp14/TOG generates long-lived, fast-growing MTs by an unconventional mechanism

Bending of smooth muscle myosin rod

Caldesmon is an elongated, flexible molecule localized in the actomyosin domains of smooth muscle.

Calponin is localised in both the contractile apparatus and the cytoskeleton of smooth muscle cells.

Conformational stability of the myosin rod

Congruent docking of dimeric kinesin and ncd into three-dimensional electron cryomicroscopy maps of microtubule-motor ADP complexes.

Contact dynamics during keratocyte motility

Curvature-induced expulsion of actomyosin bundles during cytokinetic ring contraction.

Differential trafficking of Kif5c on tyrosinated and detyrosinated microtubules in live cells

Direct long-term observation of kinesin processivity at low load.

Distinct roles of doublecortin modulating the microtubule cytoskeleton.

Dual pathway spindle assembly increases both the speed and the fidelity of mitosis

Dynamics of interphase microtubules in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Ectopic A-lattice seams destabilize microtubules

Electrostatically biased binding of kinesin to microtubules

Engineering a lever into the kinesin neck

Expression of the N-terminal domain of dystrophin in E. coli and demonstration of binding to F-actin.

How phosphorylation controls the self-assembly of vertebrate smooth and non-muscle myosins

Influence of smooth muscle myosin conformation on myosin light chain kinase binding and on phosphorylation

Interaction of the mitotic inhibitor monastrol with human kinesin Eg5.

KIF1D is a fast non-processive kinesin that demonstrates novel K-loop-dependent mechanochemistry.

Kinesin and ncd bind through a single head to microtubules and compete for a shared MT binding site

Kinesin backsteps.

Kinesin expands and stabilizes the GDP-microtubule lattice.

Kinesin heads fused to hinge-free myosin tails drive efficient motility.

Kinesin's moonwalk.

Kinetic evidence for low chemical processivity in ncd and Eg5

Label-free Imaging of Microtubules with Sub-nm Precision Using Interferometric Scattering Microscopy

Mal3 masks catastrophe events in Schizosaccharomyces pombe microtubules by inhibiting shrinkage and promoting rescue.

Mal3, the Schizosaccharomyces pombe homolog of EB1, changes the microtubule lattice

Mechanics of the kinesin step.

Mechanochemical cell biology

MgATP binding changes neither the shape nor the flexibility of the heads of single myosin molecules

Microtubule minus ends can be labelled with a phage display antibody specific to alpha-tubulin

Molecular machines

Molecular motors

Molecular motors: Dynein's gearbox.

Molecular motors: Kinesin's string variable.

Molecular motors: Walking talking heads.

Molecular motors: the natural economy of kinesin.

Monastrol stabilises an attached low-friction mode of Eg5.

Motor proteins. Directing direction

Multiphoton versus confocal high resolution z-sectioning of enhanced green fluorescent microtubules: increased multiphoton photobleaching within the focal plane can be compensated using a Pockels cell and dual widefield detectors.

Myosin's mechanical ratchet.

Nucleotide-dependent angular change in kinesin motor domain bound to tubulin.

Nucleotide-dependent structural changes in dimeric NCD molecules complexed to microtubules.

On the hand-over-hand footsteps of kinesin heads.

Opposing kinesin complexes queue at plus tips to ensure microtubule catastrophe at cell ends

Preparation of dual-color polarity-marked fluorescent microtubule seeds.

Prime movers: the mechanochemistry of mitotic kinesins

Protein profiled features patterned via confocal microscopy.

Proteolytic mapping of kinesin/ncd-microtubule interface: nucleotide-dependent conformational changes in the loops L8 and L12 ⬇️

Purification of tubulin from the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Reversing the kinesin ratchet — a diverting tail

Role of the COOH-terminal nonhelical tailpiece in the assembly of a vertebrate nonmuscle myosin rod ⬇️

S-trityl-L-cysteine is a reversible, tight binding inhibitor of the human kinesin Eg5 that specifically blocks mitotic progression.

S. pombe kinesins-8 promote both nucleation and catastrophe of microtubules

Scanning transmission electron microscopic mass determination of in vitro self-assembled smooth muscle myosin filaments.

Single-headed mode of kinesin-5.

Small angle X-ray scattering studies on myosin.

Solubility-determining domain of smooth muscle myosin rod

Spatial pattern of myosin phosphorylation in contracting smooth muscle cells: evidence for contractile zones.

Structural comparison of dimeric Eg5, Neurospora kinesin (Nkin) and Ncd head-Nkin neck chimera with conventional kinesin.

Structural predictions for the central domain of dystrophin

Structural studies on the conformations of myosin.

The crystal structure and biochemical characterization of Kif15: a bifunctional molecular motor involved in bipolar spindle formation and neuronal development

The kinesin-14 Klp2 organizes microtubules into parallel bundles by an ATP-dependent sorting mechanism.

The kinetic mechanism of kinesin.

Transport and self-organization across different length scales powered by motor proteins and programmed by DNA.

Unusual properties of the fungal conventional kinesin neck domain from Neurospora crassa ⬇️

Walking, hopping, diffusing and braking modes of kinesin-5.

Weak and strong states of kinesin and ncd

What is 10S myosin for?

What kinesin does at roadblocks: the coordination mechanism for molecular walking