Molecular Force Sensors

Molecular Force Sensors | ACS In Focus - ACS Publications

Molecular force sensor development and the study of mechanotransduction are interdisciplinary, and publications in the field often involve teams ...

Sensing sound: Cellular specializations and molecular force sensors

This molecular ensemble is embedded into a specialized cellular compartment that is crucial for its function. Notably, mechanotransduction ...

Molecular Compressive Force Sensor for Mapping Forces at the Cell ...

M-CRUSH offers a powerful tool to complement tension sensors and map out compressive forces in living systems.

Molecular Tension Sensors: Moving Beyond Force - PMC

In this review, we discuss the different types of molecular tension sensors, provide a system of classification based on their molecular-scale mechanical ...

Molecular Force Sensors for Biological Application - MDPI

Current powerful techniques for measuring traction forces include traction force microscopy (TFM) and fluorescent molecular force sensors (FMFS).

Molecular Force Sensors | Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried have developed molecular probes that can measure forces across multiple proteins with ...

Sensing sound: Cellular specializations and molecular force sensors

The mechanotransduction machinery of cochlear hair cells provides a particularly striking example of a complex force-sensing machine.

Molecular Force Measurement with Tension Sensors

The ability of cells to generate mechanical forces, but also to sense, adapt to, and respond to mechanical signals, is crucial for many ...

In silico analyses of molecular force sensors for mechanical ...

In this work we focus on using all-atom steered molecular dynamics simulations to study the relation between design parameters and mechanical properties.

Special issue on molecular force sensors - IOPscience

We are proudly declaring that science is our only shareholder. Special issue on molecular force sensors. Force sensor. Guest Editor. Isaac Li, University ...

Molecular Force Sensors: From Fundamental Concepts toward ...

In this progress report, currently available tools for measuring the molecular forces involved in cellular mechanosensing and mechanotransduction are ...

Sensing force and charge at the nanoscale with a single-molecule ...

Measuring the electrophoretic mobility of molecules is a powerful experimental approach for investigating biomolecular processes. A frequent challenge in ...

In-Silico Analyses of Molecular Force Sensors for Mechanical ...

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Biomolecular structures involved in various biological processes, including muscle function and sensory perception, ...

Sensing sound: Cellular specializations and molecular force sensors

The mechanotransduction machinery of cochlear hair cells provides a particularly strik- ing example of a complex force-sensing machine. This molecular ensemble ...

Molecular force sensors to measure stress in cells - Scholars@Duke

Molecular force sensors to measure stress in cells. Publication , Journal Article. Prabhune, M; Rehfeldt, F; Schmidt, CF. Published in: Journal of Physics D ...

“Forcing” new interpretations of molecular tension sensor studies

discover that fluorescent protein photoswitching in concert with sensor extension may expand the use and interpretation of common force-sensing ...

Molecular force sensors to measure stress in cells - IOPscience

Molecular force sensors to measure stress in cells, Meenakshi Prabhune, Florian Rehfeldt, Christoph F Schmidt.

Nanoscale fiber-optic force sensors for mechanical probing ... - Nature

Currently, it is possible to gain real-time information on systems that range from single molecules up to larger cellular structures and tissue; ...

Myosin I Can Act As a Molecular Force Sensor - Science

We show that myosin I, a motor protein that has been implicated in powering key steps in these processes, dramatically alters its motile properties in response ...

Tunable molecular tension sensors reveal extension-based control ...

A trio of these new biosensors with distinct force- and extension-sensitivities reveal that an extension-based control paradigm regulates vinculin loading.