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Laser ablation reveals the impact of Cdc15p on the stiffness of the contractile ring
Moshtohry *, Bellingham-Johnstun *, Elting †, and Laplante †, MBoC 2022.
Force by minus-end motors Dhc1 and Klp2 collapses the S. pombe spindle after laser ablation
Zareiesfandabadi and Elting, Biophys J 2022.
K-fiber bundles in the mitotic spindle are mechanically reinforced by Kif15
Begley, Solon, Davis, Sherrill, Ohi, and Elting, MBoC 2021.
Viscoelastic Relaxation of the Nuclear Envelope Does Not Cause the Collapse of the Spindle After Ablation in S. pombe
Zareiesfandabadi and Elting, JURP, 2021.
Automated tracking of S. pombe spindle elongation dynamics
Uzsoy, Zareiesfandabadi, Jennings, Kemper and Elting, J Micro, 2021.
Cytoskeletal biophysics: Passive crosslinker adapts to keep microtubule bundles on track
Elting, Current Biology, 2021.
The collapse of the spindle following ablation in S. pombe is mediated by microtubules and the motor protein dynein
Zareiesfandabadi and Elting, BioRxiv 2020.
Automated tracking of S. pombe spindle elongation dynamics
Uzsoy, Zareiesfandabadi, Jennings, Kemper and Elting, BioRxiv 2020.
K-fiber bundles in the mitotic spindle are mechanically reinforced by Kif15
Begley, Solon, Davis, Sherrill, Ohi, and Elting, BioRxiv 2020.
Knitting Ripples
Daniels and Elting, Patterns, 2020.
The Spindle: Integrating Architecture and Mechanics across Scales
Elting *, Suresh * and Dumont, Trends in Cell Biology 2018.
Mapping Load-Bearing in the Mammalian Spindle Reveals Local Kinetochore Fiber Anchorage that Provides Mechanical Isolation and Redundancy
Elting, et al. Current Biology 2017.
The chromokinesin Klp3a and microtubules facilitate acentric chromosome segregation
Karg, et al. J Cell Bio. 2017.
Force on spindle microtubule minus ends moves chromosomes
Elting *, Hueschen *, et al. J Cell Biol. 2014.
Single-molecule fluorescence imaging of processive myosin with enhanced background suppression using linear zero-mode waveguides (ZMWs) and convex lens induced confinement (CLIC)
Elting et al. Opt Exp. 2013.
Future challenges in single-molecule fluorescence and laser trap approaches to studies of molecular motors
Elting & Spudich. Dev Cell. 2012.
Detailed tuning of structure and intramolecular communication are dispensable for processive motion of myosin VI
Elting et al. Biophys J. 2011.
Engineered myosin VI motors reveal minimal structural determinants of directionality and processivity
Liao et al. J Mol Biol. 2009.
Rapid Membrane Fusion of Individual Virus Particles with Supported Lipid Bilayers
Wessels et al. Biophys J. 2007.