Publications:

A. Mogilner, G.Oster, Cell motility driven by actin polymerization, Biophysical Journal 71 , 3030-3045 (1996) preprint in pdf format

A. Mogilner, G.Oster, The physics of lamellipodial protrusion, European Biophysical Journal 25 , 47-53 (1996) preprint in pdf format

D. Bottino, A. Mogilner, T. Roberts, M. Stewart, G. Oster, How nematode sperm crawl, J. Cell Science 115 , 367-384 (2002)
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A. Mogilner, L. Edelstein-Keshet, Regulation of Actin Dynamics in Rapidly Moving Cells: A Quantitative Analysis. Biophys. J. 83 , 1237-1258 (2002)
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A. Mogilner, D. Verzi, A Simple 1-D Physical Model for the Crawling Nematode Sperm Cell. J. Stat. Phys. 110 , 1169-1189 (2003)
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A. Mogilner, G.Oster, Force generation by actin polymerization II: The elastic ratchet and tethered filaments. Biophysical Journal 84 , 1591-1605 (2003)
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H. P. Grimm, A. B. Verkhovsky, A. Mogilner, J.-J. Meister, Analysis of Actin Dynamics at the Leading Edge of Crawling Cells: Implications for the Shape of Keratocyte Lamellipodia. Eur. Biophys. J., 32, 563-577 (2003)
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C. Wolgemuth, A. Mogilner, G. Oster, The hydration dynamics of polyelectrolyte gels with applications to drug delivery and cell motility. Eur. Biophys. J., 33, 146-158 (2004)
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G. Civelekoglu-Scholey, A. Wayne Orr, I. Novak, J.-J. Meister, M.A. Schwartz, A. Mogilner, Model of coupled transient changes of Rac, Rho, adhesions and stress fibers alignment in endothelial cells responding to shear stress. J. Theor. Biol., 232 , 569-585 (2005)
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I. L. Novak, B. M. Slepchenko, A. Mogilner, L. M. Loew, Cooperativity between cell contractility and adhesion. Phys. Rev. Lett., 93 , 268109 (2004)
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B. Rubinstein, K. Jacobson, A. Mogilner, Multiscale Two-Dimensional Modeling of a Motile Simple-Shaped Cell. SIAM J. MMS, 3 413-439 (2005)
preprint in pdf format View the movies (based on the model of this paper) of the motile lamellipodial fragment here.
and of the turning lamellipodial fragment here.

B. Rubinstein, A. Mogilner, The Physics of Filopodial Protrusion. Biophys. J. , 89 782-795 (2005)
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S. Bohnet, R. Ananthakrishnan, A. Mogilner, J.-J. Meister, A. Verkhovsky, Weak force stalls protrusion at the leading edge of the lamellipodium. Biophys. J., 90 1810-1820 (2006)
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M. Karakozova, M. Kozak, C. C. L. Wong, A. Bailey, A. Mogilner, J. Yates, A. Kashina, Arginylation of beta actin regulates actin cytoskeleton and cell motility, Science, 313 192-196 (2006)
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M. Prass, K. Jacobson, A. Mogilner, M. Radmacher, Direct measurement of the lamellipodial protrusive force in migrating cell, J. Cell Biol., 174 767-772 (2006)
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K. Larripa, A. Mogilner, Transport of a 1D viscoelastic actin-myosin strip of gel as a model of a crawling cell. Physica A, 372 113-123 (2006)
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C. I. Lacayo, Z. Pincus, M. M. VanDuijn, C. A. Wilson, D. A. Fletcher, F. B. Gertler, A. Mogilner, J. A. Theriot, Emergence of Large-Scale Cell Morphology and Movement from Local Actin Filament Growth Dynamics, PLoS Biology, 5 e233 (2007)
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M. M. Kozlov, A. Mogilner, Model of polarization and bi-stability of cell fragments, Biophys. J., 93 3811-3819 (2007)
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J. Fass, C. Pak, J. Bamburg, A. Mogilner, Stochastic Simulation of Actin Dynamics Reveals the Role of Annealing and Fragmentation, J. Theor. Biol., 252 173-183 (2008)
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K. Keren, Z. Pincus, G. M. Allen, E. L. Barnhart, G. Marriott, A. Mogilner, J. A. Theriot, Mechanism of shape determination in motile cells, Nature, 453 475-480 (2008)
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