On the possible role of cytoskeletal filamentous networks in intracellular signaling: An approach based on percolation

The Fractal Geometry of Nature

1983 • 22,064 citations

Scaling concepts in polymer physics

1981 • 10,468 citations

Integrins: Versatility, modulation, and signaling in cell adhesion

1992 • 9,986 citations

Scaling Concepts in Polymer Physics

1980 • 9,637 citations

Introduction to Percolation Theory

1993 • 7,040 citations

The Fractal Geometry of Nature

1982 • 5,450 citations

Studies and Perspectives of Protein Kinase C

1986 • 5,148 citations

The molecular heterogeneity of protein kinase C and its implications for cellular regulation

1988 • 4,243 citations

Introduction to Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena

1972 • 4,053 citations

Introduction to Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena

1973 • 3,785 citations

Cadherin Cell Adhesion Receptors as a Morphogenetic Regulator

1991 • 3,314 citations

Mechanotransduction Across the Cell Surface and Through the Cytoskeleton

1993 • 2,947 citations

Role of cell shape in growth control

1978 • 2,434 citations

Molecular biology of the cell

1993 • 2,383 citations

Signal transduction from the extracellular matrix.

1993 • 1,727 citations

ACTIN AND ACTIN-BINDING PROTEINS. A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF MECHANISMS AND FUNCTIONS

1986 • 1,493 citations

How does the extracellular matrix direct gene expression?

1982 • 1,475 citations

Engineering Cell Shape and Function

1994 • 1,447 citations

Silicone Rubber Substrata: A New Wrinkle in the Study of Cell Locomotion

1980 • 1,333 citations

Cellular tensegrity: defining new rules of biological design that govern the cytoskeleton

1993 • 1,124 citations

On the Crawling of Animal Cells

1993 • 1,020 citations

Chemical reaction models for non-equilibrium phase transitions

1972 • 978 citations

The Mathematical Theory of Infectious Diseases

1977 • 904 citations

Mechanochemical switching between growth and differentiation during fibroblast growth factor-stimulated angiogenesis in vitro: role of extracellular matrix.

1989 • 877 citations

The electrical conductivity of binary disordered systems, percolation clusters, fractals and related models

1990 • 685 citations

Integrins as mechanochemical transducers

1991 • 684 citations

Filament organization revealed in platinum replicas of freeze-dried cytoskeletons.

1980 • 662 citations

Platelet-derived growth factor B chain promoter contains a cis-acting fluid shear-stress-responsive element.

1993 • 638 citations

Percolation Structures and Processes

1983 • 628 citations

On a relation between percolation theory and the elasticity of gels

1976 • 623 citations

Control of cytoskeletal mechanics by extracellular matrix, cell shape, and mechanical tension

1994 • 528 citations

Dynamical properties of fractal networks: Scaling, numerical simulations, and physical realizations

1994 • 512 citations

Direct measurement of stiffness of single actin filaments with and without tropomyosin by in vitro nanomanipulation.

1994 • 489 citations

Direct observation of motion of single F-actin filaments in the presence of myosin

1984 • 472 citations

How does extracellular matrix control capillary morphogenesis?

1989 • 466 citations

The Influence of Extracellular Matrix on Gene Expression: Is Structure The Message?

1987 • 437 citations

Cellular Tensegrity: Exploring How Mechanical Changes in the Cytoskeleton Regulate Cell Growth, Migration, and Tissue Pattern during Morphogenesis

1994 • 428 citations

Actin-dependent organelle movement in squid axoplasm

1992 • 370 citations

Effect of defects on molecular mobility in liquid water

1991 • 353 citations

On the viscosity‐concentration dependence of immiscible polymer blends

1991 • 347 citations

Organization of actin in the leading edge of cultured cells: influence of osmium tetroxide and dehydration on the ultrastructure of actin meshworks.

1981 • 340 citations

Nuclear matrix proteins reflect cell type of origin in cultured human cells.

1988 • 318 citations

Local measurements of viscoelastic moduli of entangled actin networks using an oscillating magnetic bead micro-rheometer

1994 • 315 citations

Activation of tyrosinase kinase and microfilament-binding functions of c-abl by bcr sequences in bcr/abl fusion proteins.

1991 • 286 citations

Induction of chondrogenesis in limb mesenchymal cultures by disruption of the actin cytoskeleton.

1984 • 277 citations

A protein kinase C isozyme is translocated to cytoskeletal elements on activation.

1990 • 257 citations

‘Generic’ physical mechanisms of morphogenesis and pattern formation

1990 • 254 citations

Extracellular Matrix Assembly

1988 • 250 citations

The riddle of morphogenesis: A question of solution chemistry or molecular cell engineering?

1993 • 219 citations

Progressive changes in the protein composition of the nuclear matrix during rat osteoblast differentiation.

1990 • 202 citations

The extracellular matrix and cell shape

1986 • 183 citations

Dependence of the mechanical properties of actin/α-actinin gels on deformation rate

1987 • 175 citations

Choline phospholipids: signal transduction and carcinogenesis ¹

1993 • 170 citations

Inhibition of desmin expression blocks myoblast fusion and interferes with the myogenic regulators MyoD and myogenin

1994 • 161 citations

Identification of a translocated protein segment in a voltage-dependent channel

1994 • 158 citations

Continuum Percolation of Rods

1985 • 140 citations

Structural engineering of an orb-spider's web

1995 • 137 citations

Cytoskeletal elements and plasma membrane organization

1981 • 136 citations

Changes in actin associated with the cytoskeleton following chemotactic stimulation of Dictyostelium discoideum

1983 • 127 citations

The structure of cytoplasm in directly frozen cultured cells. I. Filamentous meshworks and the cytoplasmic ground substance.

1984 • 126 citations

Nuclear actin bundles in Amoeba, dictyostelium and human HeLa cells induced by dimethyl sulfoxide

1979 • 116 citations

Percolation and Galaxies

1986 • 115 citations

Intermediate filaments formed de novo from tail-less cytokeratins in the cytoplasm and in the nucleus.

1991 • 114 citations

Matrix-Driven Translocation of Cells and Nonliving Particles

1985 • 111 citations

Forest fires as critical phenomena

1984 • 110 citations

Effects of cyclic mechanical stimulation of the cellular components of the heart: In vitro

1988 • 108 citations

Interpretation of the unusual behavior of H2O and D2O at low temperature: Are concepts of percolation relevant to the “puzzle of liquid water”?

1981 • 101 citations

Gelation and percolation : swelling effect

1986 • 91 citations

Dimethylsulfoxide and the ionophore A23187 affect the arrangement of actin and induce nuclear actin paracrystals in PtK2 cells

1980 • 86 citations

Slime mould actin: Homology to vertebrate actin and presence in the nucleus*1

1974 • 82 citations

Conjectures on the transition from Poiseuille to plug flow in suspensions

1979 • 80 citations

An analytic treatment of percolation in simple fluids

1988 • 79 citations

Protein kinase C associates with intermediate filaments and stress fibers

1992 • 72 citations

Strong increase in the tyrosine phosphorylation of actin upon inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation: Correlation with reversible rearrangements in the actin skeleton of Dictyostelium cells

1994 • 68 citations

Compare and contrast actin filaments and microtubules.

1992 • 67 citations

Ectopic synthesis of epidermal cytokeratins in pancreatic islet cells of transgenic mice interferes with cytoskeletal order and insulin production.

1993 • 67 citations

Conductivity, dielectric relaxation, and viscosity of ternary microemulsions: The role of the experimental path and the point of view of percolation theory

1990 • 67 citations

Linkage of proliferative and maturational abnormalities in chronic myelogenous leukemia and relevance to treatment.

1993 • 62 citations

ON THE GENERATION OF FORM BY THE CONTINUOUS INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CELLS AND THEIR EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX

1992 • 60 citations

Mechanics and control of the cytoskeleton in Amoeba proteus

1989 • 54 citations

Actin Cortex and Microtubular System in Morphogenesis: Cooperation and Competition

1987 • 52 citations

Viscosity of concentrated suspensions: An approach based on percolation theory

1990 • 48 citations

Matrix Assembly

1991 • 43 citations

Mechanochemical Transduction across Extracellular Matrix and through the Cytoskeleton

1993 • 43 citations

Resinless section immunogold electron microscopy of karyo-cytoskeletal frameworks of eukaryotic cells cultured in vitro: Absence of a salt-stable nuclear matrix from mouse plasmacytoma MPC-11 cells

1991 • 40 citations

Wetting, percolation and morphogenesis in a model tissue system

1989 • 34 citations

The Ear's Gears: Mechanoelectrical Transduction by Hair Cells

1994 • 31 citations

Truncated desmin in PtK2 cells induces desmin-vimentin-cytokeratin coprecipitation, involution of intermediate filament networks, and nuclear fragmentation: a model for many degenerative diseases.

1994 • 29 citations

Cellular automaton model of the actin cytoskeleton

1993 • 28 citations

Phase transition and morphogenesis in a model biological system

1991 • 27 citations

Light microscope observations on actin distribution during morphogenetic movements in the chick embryo.

1983 • 25 citations

Phase Transitions, Interfaces, and Morphogenesis in a Network of Protein Fibers

1994 • 23 citations

Light microscope observations on actin distribution during morphogenetic movements in the chick embryo*

1983 • 15 citations

Do the ear's links link?

1992 • 6 citations