wirtz lab--publications

Publications

Journal publications	Publications sorted by research topics
Publications sorted by methods	Publications sorted by years
Publications sorted by undergraduate authors

< Journal publications >	< Publications sorted by research topics>
	Actin
< Publications sorted by methods>	Actin-binding proteins: a-actinin
Particle tracking microrheology	Actin-binding proteins: fascin
Diffusing wave spectroscopy	Keratin/vimentin/lamin
Rheology	DNA
Single molecule microscopy	Cellular trafficking
Light scattering	Molecular cell mechanics
	Single molecule in vivo
< Publications sorted by undergraduate authors>
K. M. An	< Publications sorted by years>
J. Apgar	2005
A. Dhople	2004
A. Goodman	2003
A. Rahman	2002
M. Cordero	2001
	2000
	1999
	1998

< Journal publications >

(67) Y. Tseng and D. Wirtz, "Dendritic branching and homogenization of actin network mediated by Arp2/3 complex," Physical Review Letters 93: 258104 (2004) (pdf) (html)

(66) O. Esue, M. Cordero, D. Wirtz, and Y. Tseng, "The assembly of MreB, a prokaryotic homolog of actin, " Journal of Biological Chemistry 280, 4: 2628-2635 (2005) (pdf) (html)

(65) S. L. Gupton, K. L. Anderson, T. P. Kole, R. S. Fischer, A. Ponti, S. E. Hitchcock-DeGregori, G. Danuser, V. M. Fowler, D. Wirtz, D. Hanein, C. M. Waterman-Storer, "Cell migration without a lamellipodium: translation of actin dynamics into cell movement mediated by tropomyosin," Journal of Cell Biology 168, 4: 619-631 (2005) (pdf)

(64) P. Panorchan, B. Schafer, D. Wirtz, and Y. Tseng, "Nuclear envelope breakdown requires overcoming the mechanical integrity of the nuclear lamina," The Journal of Biological Chemistry 279, 42: 43462-43467 (2004) (pdf) (html)

(63) J. S. H. Lee, Y. Tseng, and D. Wirtz, "Cdc42 mediates nucleus movement and MTOC polarization in swiss 3T3 fibroblasts under mechanical shear stress, " Molecular Biology of the Cell 16: 871-880 (2005) (pdf) (html)

(62) T. P. Kole, Y. Tseng, I. Chiang, J. L. Katz, and D. Wirtz, "Intracellular mechanics of migrating fibroblasts," Molecular Biology of the Cell 16: 328-338 (2005) (pdf) (html)

(61) P. Panorchan, D. Wirtz, Y. Tseng, "Structure-function relationship of biological gels revealed by multiple-particle tracking and differential interference contrast microscopy: the case of human lamin networks," Physical Review E. 70, 041906 (2004) (pdf) (html)

(60) T.P. Kole, Y. Tseng, L. Huang, J.L. Katz, D. Wirtz, "Rho kinase regulates the intracellular micromechanical response of adherent cells to rho activation," Molecular Biology of the Cell 15: 3475-3484 (2004) (pdf) (html)

(59) M.G. Klein, W. Shi, U. Ramagopal, Y. Tseng, D. Wirtz, D.R. Kovar, C.J. Staiger, and S.C. Almo, "Structure of the actin crosslinking core of fimbrin," Structure 12: 999-1013 (2004) (pdf) (html)

(58) T.P. Kole, Y. Tseng, and D. Wirtz, "Intracellular microrheology as a tool for the measurement of the mechanical properties of live cells," Methods in Cell Biology, accepted (2004)

(57) S.R. Heidemann and D. Wirtz, "Towards a regional approach to cell mechanics", Trends in Cell Biology 14, 4: 160-166 (2004) (pdf) (html)

(56) Y. Tseng, J.S-H. Lee, I. Jiang, T.P. Kole, and D. Wirtz, "Micro-organization and visco-elasticity of the interphase nucleus revealed by particle nanotracking", Journal of Cell Science 117: 2159-2167 (2004) (pdf) (html)

(55) W.D. Hanley, D. Wirtz, and K. Konstantopoulos, "Distinct kinetic and mechanical properties govern selectin-leukocyte interactions", Journal of Cell Science 117: 2503-2511 (2004) (pdf) (html)

(54) J. Suh, D. Wirtz, and J. Hanes, "Real-time intracellular transport of gene nanocarriers studied by multiple particle tracking", Biotechnology Progress 20: 598-602 (2004) (pdf) (html)

(53) M. Dawson, E. Krauland, D. Wirtz, and J. Hanes, "Transport of polymeric nanoparticle gene carriers in gastric mucus", Biotechnology Progress 20: 851-857 (2004) (pdf) (html)

(52) Y. Tseng, K. An, O. Esue, and D. Wirtz “The bimodal role of filamin in controlling the architecture and mechanics of F-actin networks”, Journal of Biological Chemistry (2004) (pdf) (html)

(51) M. Dawson, D. Wirtz, and J. Hanes, “Enhanced viscoelasticity of human cystic fibrotic sputum correlates with Increasing microheterogeneity in particle transport”, Journal of Biological Chemistry 278 (50): 50393-50401 (2003) (pdf) (html)

(50) K. Konstantopoulos*, W. Hanley, and D. Wirtz*, “Receptor/ligand binding: “catch” bonds finally caught”, Current Biology 13: R611-615 (2003) (pdf) (html)

(49) Y. Zhou, D. Wirtz*, and G. Chirikjian*, “Determining the Gaussian probability distribution of the best-fit ellipsoid of revolution for a polymer chain from planar projections”, Inverse Problems 19: 725-738 (2003) (pdf)

(48) S. Yamada, D. Wirtz*, and P.A. Coulombe*, “The mechanical properties of simple epithelial keratin 8 and 18: Discriminating between interfacial and bulk elasticities”, Journal of Structural Biology 143: 44-55 (2003) (pdf) (html)

(47) W. Hanley, O. McCarty, S. Jadhav, Y. Tseng, D. Wirtz*, and K. Konstantopoulos*, “Single-molecule characterization of P-selectin/ligand binding”, Journal of Biological Chemistry, (2003) (*=corresponding author) (pdf) (html)

(46) H.Y. Li, D. Wirtz*, and Y. Zheng*, “Coupling the high mobility of RCC1 to RanGTP production on chromosome surface in vivo”, Journal of Cell Biology (2003) (pdf) (html)

(45) H.S. Jung, D. Wirtz*, and J. Hanes*, “Real-time intracellular tracking of non-viral gene carriers”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, (2003) (*=corresponding author) (pdf)

(44) A. Goodman, Y. Tseng, and D. Wirtz, "Effect of length, topology, and concentration on the microviscosity and microheterogeneity of DNA solutions", Journal of Molecular Biology 323: 199-215 (2002) (pdf) (html)

(43) A. Rahman, Y. Tseng, and D. Wirtz, "Micromechanical coupling between cell surface receptor and RGD peptides", Bioch. Biophys. Research Comm. 296: 771-778 (2002) (pdf) (html)

(42) Y. Tseng, T. P. Kole, and D. Wirtz,"Micromechanical mapping of live cells by multiple particle tracking microrheolgy", Biophysical Journal 83: 3162-3176 (2002) (pdf) (html)

(41) Y. Tseng, T. P. Kole, S.-H. J. Lee, and D. Wirtz,"Local dynamics and viscoelastic properties of cell biological systems", Current Opinions in Colloid & Interface Science 7: 210-217 (2002) (pdf)

(40) Y. Tseng, B.W. Schafer, S.C. Almo, and D. Wirtz,"Functional synergy of actin filament crosslinking proteins", Journal of Biological Chemistry 277: 25609-25616 (2002) (pdf) (html)

(39) Y. Tseng, K.M. An, and D. Wirtz,"Microheterogeneity controls the rate of gelation of actin filament networks", Journal of Biological Chemistry 27718143-18150 (2002) (pdf) (html)

(38) J. Xu, Y. Tseng, C.J. Carriere, and D. Wirtz,"Microheterogeneity and microrheology of wheat gliadin suspensions studied by multiple particle tracking", Biomacromolecules 3 92-99 (2002) (pdf) (html)

(37) S. Yamada, D. Wirtz, and P.A. Coulombe,"Pairwise assembly determines the intrinsic potential for self-organization and mechanical properties of keratin filaments", Molecular Biology of the Cell 13: 382-391 (2002) (pdf) (html)

(36) O. Bousquet, L. Ma, S. Yamada, C. Gu, T. Idei, K. Takahashi, D. Wirtz, and P.A. Coulombe,"The non-helical tail domain of keratin 14 promotes filament bundling and enhances the mechanical properties of keratin intermediate filaments in vitro . Journal of Cell Biology 155: 747-754 (2001) (pdf) (html)

(35) Y. Tseng and D. Wirtz,"Mechanics and multiple particle tracking micro-heterogeneity of a-actinin crosslinked actin filament networks", Biophysical Journal 81: 1643-1656 (2001) (pdf) (html)

(34) Y. Tseng, E. Fedorov, M.McCaffery, S.C. Almo, and D. Wirtz,"Micromechanics and ultrastructure of actin filament networks crosslinked by fascin: A comparison with a-actinin", Journal of Molecular Biology 310: 351-366 (2001) (pdf) (html)

(33) L. Ma, S. Yamada, D. Wirtz, and P.A. Coulombe,"A "hot-spot" mutation alters the mechanical properties of keratin filament networks", Nature Cell Biology 3: 503-506 (2001) (pdf) (html)

(32) J. Xu, J.A. Bietz, F.C. Felker, and D. Wirtz,"Rheological properties of vital wheat gluten suspensions", Cereal Chemistry 78: 181-185 (2001)

(31) C. Haber and D. Wirtz,"Magnetic tweezers for DNA micromanipulation", Review of Scientific Instruments 71: 4561-4570 (2000) (pdf)

(30) P.A. Coulombe, O. Bousquet, L. Ma, S. Yamada, and D. Wirtz,"The "ins" and "outs" of intermediate filament organization", Trends in Cell Biology 10: 420-428 (2000) (pdf) (html)

(29) J. Xu, Y. Tseng, and D. Wirtz,"Strain-hardening of actin filament networks: regulation by the dynamic crosslinking protein a-actinin", Journal of Biological Chemistry 275: 35886-35892 (2000) (pdf) (html)

(28) C. Haber, S.A. Ruiz, and D. Wirtz,"Shape anisotropy of a single random-walk polymer", Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 97: 10792-10795 (2000) (pdf) (html)

(27) C. Haber and D. Wirtz,"Shear-induced l-phage DNA assembly", Biophysical Journal 79: 1530-1536 (2000) (pdf) (html)

(26) J. Apgar, Y. Tseng, E. Fedorov, M.B. Herwig, S.C. Almo, D. Wirtz,"Multiple-particle tracking measurements of the heterogeneities of solutions of actin filaments and actin bundles", Biophysical Journal 79: 1095-1106 (2000) (pdf) (html)

(25) S. Yamada, D. Wirtz, and S.C. Kuo,"Mechanics of living cells measured by laser tracking microrheology (LTM)", Biophysical Journal 78: 1736-1747 (2000) (pdf) (html)

(24) L. Ma, J. Xu, P.A. Coulombe, and D. Wirtz,"Epidermal keratin suspensions show unique micromechanical properties", Journal of Biological Chemistry 274: 19145-19151 (1999) (pdf) (html)

(23) P. Leduc, C. Haber, G. Bao, and D. Wirtz,"Dynamics of individual flexible polymers in a shear flow", Nature 399: 564-566 (1999) (pdf) (html)

(22) A. Palmer, J. Xu, S.C. Kuo, and D. Wirtz,"Diffusing wave spectroscopy microrheology of actin filament networks", Biophysical Journal 76: 1063-1071 (1999) (pdf) (html)

(21) K. Rufener, A. Palmer, J. Xu, and D. Wirtz,"High-frequency dynamics and microrheology of macromolecular solutions measured by diffusing wave spectroscopy: the case of actin filament networks", Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 82: 303-314 (1999)

(20) J. Xu, D. Wirtz, and T.D. Pollard,"Dynamic crosslinking by a-actinin determines the mechanical properties of actin filament networks", Journal of Biological Chemistry 273: 9570-9576 (1998) (pdf) (html)

(19) A. Palmer, B. Cha, and D. Wirtz,"Effect of Latrunculin A on the rheology of actin filament networks", Journal of Polymer Science. B: Phys. Ed. 36: 3007-3015 (1998)

(18) J. Xu, A. Palmer, and D. Wirtz,"Rheology and microrheology of semiflexible polymer solutions", Macromolecules 31: 6486-6492 (1998) (pdf) (html)

(17) W. Petka, J.H. Harden, J. McGrath, D. Wirtz, and D.A. Tirrell,"Reversible hydrogels from self-assembling artificial proteins", Science 281: 389-392 (1998) (pdf) (html)

(16) A. Silva and D. Wirtz"Dominant mode of diffusion in the self-similar phase separation of a magnetic fluid", Langmuir 14: 578-581 (1998)

(15) J. Xu, V. Viasnoff, D. Wirtz,"Compliance of actin filament networks measured by diffusing wave spectroscopy", Rheologica Acta 37: 387-398 (1998) (pdf)

(14) A. Palmer, J. Xu, and D. Wirtz,"High-frequency viscoelasticity of crosslinked actin filament networks measured by diffusing wave spectroscopy", Rheologica Acta 37: 97-106 (1998) (pdf)

(13) T.G. Mason, A. Dhople, D. Wirtz,"Linear viscoelastic moduli of concentrated DNA solutions", Macromolecules 31: 3600-3603 (1998) (pdf) (html)

(12) T.G. Mason, A. Dhople, and D. Wirtz,"Concentrated DNA rheology and microrheology, MRS Proceedings 463: 153-158 (1997)

(11) T.G. Mason, K. Ganesan, J. van Zanten, D. Wirtz, S.C. Kuo,"Particle-tracking microrheology of complex fluids", Physical Review Letters 79: 3282-3285 (1997) (pdf) (html)

(10) A. Silva, Bond, R., Plouraboue, F., and Wirtz, D.,"The fluctuation dynamics of a single magnetic chain", Physical Review E 54: 5502-5510 (1996)

(9) G.G. Fuller, J.W. van Egmond, D. Wirtz, E. Peuvrel-Didier, E. Wheeler, and H. Takahashi,"Enhancement of concentration fluctuations by external fields", ACS Symposium Series 597: 22-34 (1995)

(8) D.Wirtz,"Direct measurement of the transport properties of a single DNA molecule", Physical Review Letters 75: 2236-2439 (1995)

(7) D. Wirtz and M. Fermigier,"Periodic structures and substructures in magnetic suspensions" Langmuir 11: 398-400 (1995)

(6) D.Wirtz and M. Fermigier,"One-dimensional patterns and wavelength selection in magnetic fluids", Physical Review Letters 72: 2294-2297 (1994)

(5) D. Wirtz,"Flow-induced scattering peak in the structure factor of polymer solutions", Physical Review E 50: R1755-R1758 (1994)

(4) D. Wirtz,"Fluctuation enhancement and reduction in sheared polymer solutions", Macromolecules 27: 5639-5642 (1994)

(3) D. Wirtz, D.E. Werner, and G.G. Fuller,"Structure and optical anisotropies of critical polymer solutions in electric fields", Journal of Chemical Physics 101: 1679-1686 (1994)

(2) D.Wirtz and G.G. Fuller,"Phase transitions induced by electric fields in near-critical polymer solutions", Physical Review Letters 71: 2236-2239 (1993)

(1) D.Wirtz, K. Berend, and G.G. Fuller,"Electric-field-induced structure in polymer solutions near the critical point", Macromolecules 25: 7234-7246 (1992)