2020

Lis1 activates dynein motility by modulating its pairing with dynactin

Mohamed M Elshenawy, Emre Kusakci, Sara Volz, Janina Baumbach, Simon L Bullock & Ahmet Yildiz. Nature Cell Biology

Dynein harnesses active fluctuations of microtubules for faster movement

Yasin Ezber, Vladislav Belyy, Sinan Can & Ahmet Yildiz. Nature Physics

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2019

Cargo adaptors regulate stepping and force generation of mammalian dynein–dynactin

Mohamed M. Elshenawy *, John T. Canty *, Liya Oster, Luke S. Ferro, Zhou Zhou, Scott C. Blanchard & Ahmet Yildiz. Nature Chemical Biology. 

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Kinesin-1 and dynein use distinct mechanisms to bypass obstacles

Luke S. Ferro, Sinan Can, Meghan A. Turner, Mohamed M. Elshenawy, Ahmet Yildiz. eLife. 

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Rapid and Fully Microfluidic Ebola Virus Detection with CRISPR-CAS13A

Peiwu Qin, Myeongkee Park, Kendra J. Alfson, Manasi Tamhankar, Ricardo Carrion, Jean L. Patterson, Anthony Griffiths, Qian He, Ahmet Yildiz, Richard Mathies, Ke Du. ACS Sensors.

Directionality of dynein is controlled by the angle and length of its stalk

Sinan Can *, Samuel Lacey *, Mert Gur, Andrew P. Carter and Ahmet Yildiz. Nature.

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  • *equal contribution

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2018

MotAB-like machinery drives the movement of MreB filaments during bacterial gliding motility

Guo Fu, Jigar N. Bandaria, Anne Valérie Le Gall, Xue Fan, Ahmet Yildiz, Tâm Mignot, David R. Zusman and Beiyan Nan. PNAS.