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Journal articles
2012, 'The actin cytoskeleton as a sensor and mediator of apoptosis', BioArchitecture, 23, pp. 75 - 87, http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/bioa.20975
,2012, 'The organization and regulation of biological space', BioArchitecture, 2, pp. 200 - 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/bioa.22726
,2011, 'Welcome to the first issue of Bioarchitecture', BioArchitecture, 1, pp. 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/bioa.1.1.15419
,2011, 'A Molecular Pathway for Myosin II Recruitment to Stress Fibers', Current Biology, 21, pp. 539 - 550, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/j.cub.2011.03.007
,2011, 'Everything you need to know about: Tropomyosin Isoforms and Reagents', BioArchitecture, 1, pp. 135 - 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/bioa/1.4.17897
,2011, 'Functional identity of the gamma tropomyosin gene: Implications for embryonic development, reproduction and cell viability', BioArchitecture, 1, pp. 49 - 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/bioa.1.1.15172
,2011, 'Hypertrophy and dietary tyrosine ameliorate the phenotypes of a mouse model of severe nemaline myopathy.', Brain, 134, pp. 3513 - 3526, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/awr274
,2011, 'The actin-associating protein Tm5NM1 blocks mesenchymal motility without transition to amoeboid motility', Oncogene, 30, pp. 1241 - 1251, http://www.nature.com/onc/journal/v30/n10/full/onc2010516a.html
,2011, 'TPM3 and TPM4 gene products segregate to the postsynaptic region of central nervous system synapses', BioArchitecture, 1, pp. 284 - 289, http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/bioa.1.6.19336
,2011, 'Tropomyosin isoform 3 promotes the formation of filopodia by regulating the recruitment of actin-binding proteins to actin filaments', Experimental Cell Research, 317, pp. 249 - 261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yexcr.2010.10.019
,2011, 'Tropomyosin variants describe distinct functional subcellular domains in differentiated vascular smooth muscle cells', American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, 300, pp. 1356 - 1365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.00450.2010
,2011, 'γ-Actin regulates cell migration and modulates the ROCK signaling pathway', The FASEB Journal, 25, pp. 4423 - 4433
,2010, 'ALLOGRAFT TOLERANCE IN MICE WITH MGMT CHIMERIC BONE MARROW ENGRAFTMENT', Transplantation Journal, 90, pp. 233 - 233, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00007890-201007272-00441
,2010, 'Alternatively spliced N-terminal exons in tropomyosin isoforms do not act as autonomous targeting signals', Journal of Structural Biology, 170, pp. 286 - 293
,2010, 'Internal and external paralogy in the evolution of Tropomyosin genes in metazoans', Molecular Biology and Evolution, 27, pp. 1504 - 1517, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msq018
,2010, 'Negative autoregulation of GTF2IRD1 in Williams-Beuren syndrome via a novel DNA binding mechanism', The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285, pp. 4715 - 4724, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M109.086660
,2010, 'New aspects of tropomyosin-regulated neuritogenesis revealed by the deletion of Tm5NM1 and 2', European Journal of Cell Biology, 89, pp. 489 - 498
,2010, 'Tropomyosin isoform modulation of focal adhesion structure and cell migration', Cell Adhesion and Migration, 4, pp. 1 - 9
,2009, 'A cytoskeletal tropomyosin can compromise the structural integrity of skeletal muscle', Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton, 66, pp. 710 - 720, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cm.20400
,2009, 'Cytoskeletal tropomyosin Tm5NM1 is required for normal Excitation- contraction coupling in skeletal muscle', Molecular Biology of the Cell, 20, pp. 400 - 409, http://www.molbiolcell.org/cgi/content/abstract/E08-06-0616v1
,2009, 'Diverse roles of the actin cytoskeleton in striated muscle', Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility, 30, pp. 187 - 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10974-009-9193-x
,2009, 'Intracellular structural compartments, disease and tropomyosins', Current Topics in Pharmacology, 13, pp. 1 - 15
,2009, 'Methylguanine DNA methyltransferase-mediated drug resistance-based selective enrichment and engraftment of transplanted stem cells in skeletal muscle', Stem Cells, 27, pp. 1098 - 1108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/stem.28
,2009, 'New approaches to targeting the actin cytoskeleton for chemotherapy.', Future Medicinal Chemistry, pp. 1311 - 1331
,2009, 'Primary support cultures of hippocampal and substantia nigra neurons', Nature Protocols, 4, pp. 78 - 85
,2009, 'Tropomyosin isoform expression regulates the transition of adhesions to determine cell speed and direction', Molecular and Cellular Biology, 29, pp. 1506 - 1514
,2008, 'Emerging issues for tropomyosin structure, regulation, function and pathology', Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 644, pp. 293 - 298, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-85766-4_22
,2008, 'Introduction and historical perspective', Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 644, pp. 1 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-85766-4_1
,2008, 'Isoform sorting of tropomyosins', Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 644, pp. 187 - 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-85766-4_15
,2008, 'Tropomyosin isoforms define distinct microfilament populations with different drug susceptibility', European Journal of Cell Biology, 87, pp. 709 - 720, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcb.2008.03.004
,2008, 'A tropomyosin 1 induced defect in cytokinesis can be rescued by elevated expression of cofilin', Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton, 65, pp. 979 - 990
,2008, 'An Actn3 knockout mouse provides mechanistic insights into the association between alpha-actinin-3 deficiency and human athletic performance', Human Molecular Genetics, 17, pp. 1076 - 1086, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddm380
,2008, 'Divergent regulation of the sarcomere and the cytoskeleton', The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283, pp. 275 - 283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M704392200
,2008, 'P1‐142: A new neurotrophic support culture technique for primary neurons', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2008.05.729
,2008, 'P2‐129: Parkinsonism and memory impairment in tau transgenic mice with axonal transport defects', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2008.05.1202
,2008, 'Parkinsonism and impaired axonal transport in a mouse model of frontotemporal dementia', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105, pp. 15997 - 16002, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0808084105
,2008, 'The murine stanniocalcin 2 gene is a negative regulator of postnatal growth', Endocrinology, 149, pp. 2403 - 2410, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-1219
,2008, 'Tropomyosin 4 defines novel filaments in skeletal muscle associated with muscle remodelling/regeneration in normal and diseased muscle', Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton, 65, pp. 73 - 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cm.20245
,2008, 'Tropomyosin-based regulation of the actin cytoskeleton in time and space', Physiological Reviews, 88, pp. 1 - 35
,2007, 'Expression of Gtf2ird1, the Williams syndrome-associated gene during mouse development', Gene Expression Patterns, 7, pp. 396 - 404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.modgep.2006.11.008
,2007, 'Loss of ACTN3 gene function alters mouse muscle metabolism and shows evidence of positive selection in humans', Nature Genetics, 39, pp. 1261 - 1265
,2007, 'Mechanisms underlying intranuclear rod formation', Brain, 130, pp. 3275 - 3284
,2007, 'Tropomyosins as interpreters of the signalling environment to regulate the local cytoskeleton', Seminars in Cancer Biology, 18, pp. 35 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.semcancer.2007.08.004
,2006, 'Characterisation of a P140K mutant O6- methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase (MGMT)-expressing transgenic mouse line with drug-selectable bone marrow', Journal of Gene Medicine, 8, pp. 1071 - 1085, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgm.937
,2006, 'Alterations in gamma-actin and tubulin-targeted drug resistance in childhood leukemia', Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 98, pp. 1363 - 1374
,2006, 'Specialisation of the tropomyosin composition of actin filaments provides new potential targets for chemotherapy.', Current Cancer Drug Targets, 6, pp. 245 - 256
,2005, 'The Cas family docking protein, HEF1, promotes the formation of neurite-like membrane extensions', Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research, 1746, pp. 143 - 154, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamcr.2005.10.008
,2005, 'Alternative exon choice in the gamma tropomyosin (Tm) gene during development is not absolutely programmed', MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT, 122, pp. S159 - S159, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000207524100601&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2005, 'Non-muscle tropomyosins define functionally distinct microfilament populations in developing skeletal muscle', MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT, 122, pp. S49 - S49, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000207524100178&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2005, 'An alphatropomyosin mutation alters dimer preference in nemaline myopathy', Annals of Neurology, 57, pp. 42 - 49
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