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Cytoskeletal Dynamics

Cytoskeletal Dynamics is the academic study of the continuous structural reorganization and mechanical behavior of cytoskeletal filaments within cells, particularly in neurons, characterized by their regulated assembly, disassembly, and interaction with molecular motors to mediate cellular shape, intracellular transport, and morphogenetic processes essential to nervous system development and function.

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Dynamic instability of microtubule growth

Tim Mitchison, Marc W. Kirschner · Nature · 1984 · 3.4K citations

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Cell locomotion and focal adhesions are regulated by substrate flexibility

Robert J. Pelham, Yu‐li Wang · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1997 · 3K citations

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Mechanotransduction Across the Cell Surface and Through the Cytoskeleton

Ning Wang, James P. Butler, Donald E. Ingber · Science · 1993 · 3K citations

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Mechanics of Motor Proteins and the Cytoskeleton

Jonathon Howard, RL Clark · Applied Mechanics Reviews · 2002 · 2.9K citations

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Mammalian TOR complex 2 controls the actin cytoskeleton and is rapamycin insensitive

Estela Jacinto, Robbie Loewith, Anja Schmidt et al. · Nature Cell Biology · 2004 · 2.1K citations

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  1. TD
    Thomas D. Pollard

    Yale University, United States

    63 publications · 10.9K citations

    53

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  2. MP
    Michael P. Sheetz

    Columbia University, United States

    53 publications · 7.9K citations

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  3. RD
    Ronald D. Vale

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    50 publications · 11.5K citations

    42

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  4. GG
    Gary G. Borisy

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    45 publications · 9.9K citations

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  5. JH
    Jonathon Howard

    Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany

    50 publications · 13K citations

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Institutions

4.2K

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    134 h-index

    1.2K publications

    197.9K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    121 h-index

    2.4K publications

    206.5K citations

  3. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    114 h-index

    633 publications

    111.8K citations

  4. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    108 h-index

    1K publications

    126.9K citations

  5. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    98 h-index

    549 publications

    99.2K citations

  6. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    90 h-index

    626 publications

    62.1K citations

  7. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    89 h-index

    739 publications

    74.6K citations

  8. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    85 h-index

    580 publications

    87.9K citations

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  1. The Journal of Cell Biology

    JCB · 873 publications · 131.5K citations

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 637 publications · 74.2K citations

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  3. Biophysical Journal

    642 publications · 46.6K citations

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  4. Nature

    189 publications · 51K citations

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  5. Journal of Cell Science

    512 publications · 38.5K citations

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