Selected Papers 122609

biophysics
Computational Model of Membrane Fission Catalyzed by ESCRT-III

biochemistry
An Analytical Solution to the Kinetics of Breakable Filament Assembly
Structure of a Bacterial Dynamin-like Protein Lipid Tube Provides a Mechanism For Assembly and Membrane Curving

biochemistry, applied math
Detection of Protein Secondary Structures via the Discrete Wavelet Transform

prokaryotic cytoskeleton
Curved FtsZ Protofilaments Generate Bending Forces on Liposome Membranes
Lateral FtsZ Association and the Assembly of the Cytokinetic Z Ring in Bacteria
Membrane-Mediated Interactions Drive the Condensation and Coalescence of FtsZ Rings
Movement and Equipositioning of Plasmids by ParA Filament Disassembly
Linear Plasmid SLP2 Is Maintained by Partitioning, Intrahyphal Spread, and Conjugal Transfer in Streptomyces

cytoskeleton, modeling
A Theory of Microtubule Catastrophes and Their Regulation

cell biology
The Spindle Position Checkpoint Requires Positional Feedback from Cytoplasmic Microtubules
Cytoskeletal Forces Span the Nuclear Envelope to Coordinate Meiotic Chromosome Pairing and Synapsis
Meiotic Chromosome Homology Search Involves Modifications of the Nuclear Envelope Protein Matefin/SUN-1

cell biology, biochemistry
The Physical State of Water in Bacterial Spores

cell biology, theoretical biology
Singularity in Polarization: Rewiring Yeast Cells to Make Two Buds
Calcium Participates in Feedback Regulation of the Oscillating ROP1 Rho GTPase in Pollen Tubes

developmental biology, modeling
Dynamics of the Dorsal morphogen gradient

animal behavior
Shape Transition during Nest Digging in Ants

evolution
The Dynamics of Adaptation on Correlated Fitness Landscapes
Caterpillars Evolved from Onychophorans by Hybridogenesis
Caterpillars Did Not Evolve from Onychophorans by Hybridogenesis

computational biology, cell biology
Circadian KaiC Phosphorylation: A Multi-Layer Network

theoretical biology
Dynamics and Directionality in Complex Networks
Competition between Collective and Individual Dynamics
Stochastic Modelling of Reaction–Diffusion Processes: Algorithms for Bimolecular Reactions
Spatial Confinement Controls Self-Oscillations in Polymer Gels Undergoing the Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction