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Breadcrumb Maxim Molodtsov Molodtsov lab Mechanobiology and Biophysics Laboratory : Publications Lab contentLab contentIn this section Overview Members Areas of interest Publications Vacancies PublicationsCrick/Pre-CrickCrick publications (5)Pre-Crick publications (12) Facet Crick/Pre-Crick Publications Displaying 1 - 18 of 18Last updated : 30 November 2023 03:01 Mechanical disengagement of the cohesin ring Authors (6)Martina RicheldiGeorge PobegalovTorahiko HigashiKarolina GmurczykFrank UhlmannMaxim Molodtsov Nature Structural and Molecular Biology Published 23 October 2023 Crick labsFrank UhlmannMaxim MolodtsovFull details Establishment of dsDNA-dsDNA interactions by the condensin complex Authors (8)Tony TangGeorge Pobegalov Hideki Tanizawa Zhuo A Chen Juri RappsilberMaxim Molodtsov Ken-ichi NomaFrank Uhlmann Molecular Cell Published 1 November 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesFrank UhlmannMaxim MolodtsovFermentationBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details Single cohesin molecules generate force by two distinct mechanisms Authors (4)George PobegalovLee-Ya Chu Jan-Michael PetersMaxim Molodtsov Nature Communications Published 4 July 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesMaxim MolodtsovElectron MicroscopyFull details A Brownian ratchet model for DNA loop extrusion by the cohesin complex Authors (5)Torahiko HigashiGeorge PobegalovTony TangMaxim MolodtsovFrank Uhlmann eLife Published 26 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesFrank UhlmannMaxim MolodtsovStructural BiologyFull details High-speed volumetric imaging of neuronal activity in freely moving rodents Authors (12) Oliver Skocek Tobias Nöbauer Lukas Weilguny Francisca Martínez Traub Chuying Naomi XiaMaxim Molodtsov[...] Masahito Yamagata Daniel Aharoni David D Cox Peyman Golshani Alipasha Vaziri Nature Methods Published 7 May 2018 Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details Video rate volumetric Ca2+ imaging across cortex using seeded iterative demixing (SID) microscopy Authors (7) Tobias Nöbauer Oliver Skocek Alejandro J Pernía-Andrade Lukas Weilguny Francisca Martínez TraubMaxim Molodtsov Alipasha Vaziri Nature Methods Published 1 August 2017 Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details Rapid movement and transcriptional re-localization of human cohesin on DNA Authors (13) Iain F Davidson Daniela Goetz Maciej P ZaczekMaxim Molodtsov Pim J Huis in 't VeldFlorian Weissmann[...] Maria Ocampo-Hafalla Rene LadurnerFrank Uhlmann Alipasha Vaziri Jan-Michael Peters EMBO Journal Published 15 December 2016 Crick labsFrank UhlmannMaxim MolodtsovFull details A force-induced directional switch of a molecular motor enables parallel microtubule bundle formation Authors (6)Maxim Molodtsov Christine Mieck Jeroen Dobbelaere Alexander Dammermann Stefan Westermann Alipasha Vaziri Cell Published 6 October 2016 Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details Direct detection of a single photon by humans Authors (7) Jonathan N TinsleyMaxim Molodtsov Robert Prevedel David Wartmann Jofre Espigulé-Pons Mattias Lauwers Alipasha Vaziri Nature Communications Published 19 July 2016 Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details Non-catalytic motor domains enable processive movement and functional diversification of the kinesin-14 Kar3 Authors (8) Christine MieckMaxim Molodtsov Katarzyna Drzewicka Babet van der Vaart Gabriele Litos Gerald Schmauss Alipasha Vaziri Stefan Westermann eLife Published 27 January 2015 Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details Biophysics of mitosis Authors (3) J Richard McIntoshMaxim Molodtsov Fazly I Ataullakhanov Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics Published 10 February 2012 Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details In vivo evaluation of indolyl glyoxamides in the phenotypic sea urchin embryo assay Authors (8) Marina N Semenova Alex S Kiselyov Ilia Y Titov Mikhail M RaihstatMaxim Molodtsov Ekaterina Grishchuk Ilia Spiridonov Victor V Semenov Chemical Biology & Drug Design Published 1 December 2007 Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details A new type of biomechanical driver Authors (4)Maxim Molodtsov EL Grishchuk JR McIntosh FI Ataullakhanov Russian Journal of General Chemistry Published 1 November 2007 Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details Measurement of the force developed by disassembling microtubule during calcium-induced depolymerization Authors (4)Maxim Molodtsov EL Grishchuk JR McIntosh FI Ataullakhanov Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics Published 1 January 2007 Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details Force production by disassembling microtubules Authors (4) Ekaterina L GrishchukMaxim Molodtsov Fazly I Ataullakhanov J Richard McIntosh Nature Published 17 November 2005 Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details Force production by depolymerizing microtubules: a theoretical study Authors (5)Maxim Molodtsov EL Grishchuk AK Efremov JR McIntosh FI Ataullakhanov Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published 22 March 2005 Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details A molecular-mechanical model of the microtubule Authors (6)Maxim Molodtsov Elena A Ermakova Emmanuil E Shnol Ekaterina L Grishchuk J Richard McIntosh Fazly I Ataullakhanov Biophysical Journal Published 22 February 2005 Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details Force generation by dynamic microtubule polymers Authors (0) Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Mechanical disengagement of the cohesin ring Authors (6)Martina RicheldiGeorge PobegalovTorahiko HigashiKarolina GmurczykFrank UhlmannMaxim Molodtsov Nature Structural and Molecular Biology Published 23 October 2023 Crick labsFrank UhlmannMaxim MolodtsovFull details
Establishment of dsDNA-dsDNA interactions by the condensin complex Authors (8)Tony TangGeorge Pobegalov Hideki Tanizawa Zhuo A Chen Juri RappsilberMaxim Molodtsov Ken-ichi NomaFrank Uhlmann Molecular Cell Published 1 November 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesFrank UhlmannMaxim MolodtsovFermentationBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details
Single cohesin molecules generate force by two distinct mechanisms Authors (4)George PobegalovLee-Ya Chu Jan-Michael PetersMaxim Molodtsov Nature Communications Published 4 July 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesMaxim MolodtsovElectron MicroscopyFull details
A Brownian ratchet model for DNA loop extrusion by the cohesin complex Authors (5)Torahiko HigashiGeorge PobegalovTony TangMaxim MolodtsovFrank Uhlmann eLife Published 26 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesFrank UhlmannMaxim MolodtsovStructural BiologyFull details
High-speed volumetric imaging of neuronal activity in freely moving rodents Authors (12) Oliver Skocek Tobias Nöbauer Lukas Weilguny Francisca Martínez Traub Chuying Naomi XiaMaxim Molodtsov[...] Masahito Yamagata Daniel Aharoni David D Cox Peyman Golshani Alipasha Vaziri Nature Methods Published 7 May 2018 Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details
Video rate volumetric Ca2+ imaging across cortex using seeded iterative demixing (SID) microscopy Authors (7) Tobias Nöbauer Oliver Skocek Alejandro J Pernía-Andrade Lukas Weilguny Francisca Martínez TraubMaxim Molodtsov Alipasha Vaziri Nature Methods Published 1 August 2017 Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details
Rapid movement and transcriptional re-localization of human cohesin on DNA Authors (13) Iain F Davidson Daniela Goetz Maciej P ZaczekMaxim Molodtsov Pim J Huis in 't VeldFlorian Weissmann[...] Maria Ocampo-Hafalla Rene LadurnerFrank Uhlmann Alipasha Vaziri Jan-Michael Peters EMBO Journal Published 15 December 2016 Crick labsFrank UhlmannMaxim MolodtsovFull details
A force-induced directional switch of a molecular motor enables parallel microtubule bundle formation Authors (6)Maxim Molodtsov Christine Mieck Jeroen Dobbelaere Alexander Dammermann Stefan Westermann Alipasha Vaziri Cell Published 6 October 2016 Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details
Direct detection of a single photon by humans Authors (7) Jonathan N TinsleyMaxim Molodtsov Robert Prevedel David Wartmann Jofre Espigulé-Pons Mattias Lauwers Alipasha Vaziri Nature Communications Published 19 July 2016 Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details
Non-catalytic motor domains enable processive movement and functional diversification of the kinesin-14 Kar3 Authors (8) Christine MieckMaxim Molodtsov Katarzyna Drzewicka Babet van der Vaart Gabriele Litos Gerald Schmauss Alipasha Vaziri Stefan Westermann eLife Published 27 January 2015 Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details
Biophysics of mitosis Authors (3) J Richard McIntoshMaxim Molodtsov Fazly I Ataullakhanov Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics Published 10 February 2012 Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details
In vivo evaluation of indolyl glyoxamides in the phenotypic sea urchin embryo assay Authors (8) Marina N Semenova Alex S Kiselyov Ilia Y Titov Mikhail M RaihstatMaxim Molodtsov Ekaterina Grishchuk Ilia Spiridonov Victor V Semenov Chemical Biology & Drug Design Published 1 December 2007 Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details
A new type of biomechanical driver Authors (4)Maxim Molodtsov EL Grishchuk JR McIntosh FI Ataullakhanov Russian Journal of General Chemistry Published 1 November 2007 Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details
Measurement of the force developed by disassembling microtubule during calcium-induced depolymerization Authors (4)Maxim Molodtsov EL Grishchuk JR McIntosh FI Ataullakhanov Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics Published 1 January 2007 Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details
Force production by disassembling microtubules Authors (4) Ekaterina L GrishchukMaxim Molodtsov Fazly I Ataullakhanov J Richard McIntosh Nature Published 17 November 2005 Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details
Force production by depolymerizing microtubules: a theoretical study Authors (5)Maxim Molodtsov EL Grishchuk AK Efremov JR McIntosh FI Ataullakhanov Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published 22 March 2005 Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details
A molecular-mechanical model of the microtubule Authors (6)Maxim Molodtsov Elena A Ermakova Emmanuil E Shnol Ekaterina L Grishchuk J Richard McIntosh Fazly I Ataullakhanov Biophysical Journal Published 22 February 2005 Crick labsMaxim MolodtsovFull details
