Aynur Kaya-Çopur

Pulsed Forces Timed by a Ratchet-like Mechanism Drive Directed Tissue Movement during Dorsal Closure

Jérôme Solon, Aynur Kaya-Çopur, Julien Colombelli et al. · Cell · 2009 · 547 citations · Full text

Mechanobiology, Stimulation Device, Kinesiology +13

Identification and Characterization of Factors Required for Microtubule Growth and Nucleation in the Early C. elegans Embryo

Martin Srayko, Aynur Kaya-Çopur, Joanne Stamford et al. · Developmental Cell · 2005 · 252 citations · Full text

Biology, Developmental Biology, Developmental Genetics +8

Tension and Force-Resistant Attachment Are Essential for Myofibrillogenesis in Drosophila Flight Muscle

Manuela Weitkunat, Aynur Kaya-Çopur, Stephan W. Grill et al. · Current Biology · 2014 · 150 citations · Full text

Biology, Mechanobiology, Muscle Physiology +13

Polarization-resolved microscopy reveals a muscle myosin motor-independent mechanism of molecular actin ordering during sarcomere maturation

Olivier Loison, Manuela Weitkunat, Aynur Kaya-Çopur et al. · PLoS Biology · 2018 · 73 citations · Full text

Muscle Function, Engineering, Sarcomere Maturation +19

The Hippo pathway controls myofibril assembly and muscle fiber growth by regulating sarcomeric gene expression

Aynur Kaya-Çopur, Fabio Marchianò, Marco Y. Hein et al. · eLife · 2021 · 53 citations · Full text

Muscle Function, Engineering, Sarcomeric Gene Expression +19