Motors

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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Select autosomal dominant DFNA11 deafness variants activate Myo7A targeting in epithelial cells

Prashun Acharya; Garima Thapa; Xiayi Liao; Samaneh Matoo; Maura J. Graves; Sarah Y. Atallah; Ashna K. Tipirneni; Tram Nguyen; Niki M. Chhabra; Jaden Maschack; Mackenzie R. Herod; Favour A. Ohaezu; Alder Robison; Ashwini Mudaliyar; Jasvinder Bharaj; Nicole Roeser; Katherine Holmes; Vishwaas Nayak; Rayah Alsayed; Benjamin J. Perrin; Scott W. Crawley

10 April 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.263982

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Dynein-driven regulation of postsynaptic membrane architecture and synaptic function

Amanda L. Neisch; Thomas Pengo; Adam W. Avery; Min-Gang Li; Thomas S. Hays

12 March 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.263844

REVIEW

Actin from within – how nuclear myosins and actin regulate nuclear architecture and mechanics

Marta Gawor; Lilya Lehka; Danielle Lambert; Christopher P. Toseland

10 February 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.263550

RESEARCH ARTICLE

A protein interaction map of the myosin Myo2 reveals a role for Alo1 in mitochondrial inheritance in yeast

Xenia Chelius; Nathalie Rausch; Veronika Bartosch; Maria Klecker; Till Klecker; Benedikt Westermann

06 February 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.263678

TOOLS AND RESOURCES

Myosin II tension sensors visualize force generation within the actin cytoskeleton in living cells

Ryan G. Hart; Divya Kota; Fangjia Li; Mengdi Zhang; Diego Ramallo; Andrew J. Price; Karla L. Otterpohl; Steve J. Smith; Alexander R. Dunn; Mark O. Huising; Jing Liu; Indra Chandrasekar

30 October 2024

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.262281

RESEARCH ARTICLE

The role of kinesin-1 in neuronal dense core vesicle transport, locomotion and lifespan regulation in C. elegans

Anna Gavrilova; Astrid Boström; Nickolay Korabel; Sergei Fedotov; Gino B. Poulin; Victoria J. Allan

06 September 2024

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.262148

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Roles for CEP170 in cilia function and dynein-2 assembly

Johannes F. Weijman; Laura Vuolo; Caroline Shak; Anna Pugnetti; Aakash G. Mukhopadhyay; Lorna R. Hodgson; Kate J. Heesom; Anthony J. Roberts; David J. Stephens

01 May 2024

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.261816

RESEARCH ARTICLE

F-box protein FBXB-65 regulates anterograde transport of the kinesin-3 motor UNC-104 through a PTM near its cargo-binding PH domain

Vidur Sabharwal; Sri Padma Priya Boyanapalli; Amir Shee; Michael L. Nonet; Amitabha Nandi; Debasish Chaudhuri; Sandhya P. Koushika

19 April 2024

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.261553

REVIEW

Driving autophagy – the role of molecular motors

Akshaya Nambiar; Ravi Manjithaya

08 February 2024

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.260481