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Breadcrumb Michael Way Way lab Cellular Signalling and Cytoskeletal Function Laboratory : Publications Lab contentLab contentIn this section Overview Areas of interest Publications Members Vacancies Infection with Vaccinia virus (green) disrupts the integrity of a layer of cultured epithelial cells (red and blue). 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Oncolytics Published 27 September 2019 Crick labsMichael WayFull details Insights into kinesin-1 activation from the crystal structure of KLC2 bound to JIP3 Authors (6) Joseph JB Cockburn Sophie J Hesketh Peter Mulhair Maren Thomsen Mary J O'ConnellMichael Way Structure Published 6 November 2018 Crick labsMichael WayFull details Septins suppress the release of vaccinia virus from infected cells Authors (3) Julia Pfanzelter Serge MostowyMichael Way Journal of Cell Biology Published 19 June 2018 Crick labsMichael WayFull details Tuning of in vivo cognate B-T cell interactions by Intersectin 2 is required for effective anti-viral B cell immunity Authors (9) Marianne BurbageFrancesca Gasparrini Shweta Aggarwal Mauro Gaya Johan Arnold Usha NairMichael Way Andreas Bruckbauer Facundo D Batista eLife Published 16 January 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityFull details Myofibril contraction and crosslinking drive nuclear movement to the periphery of skeletal muscle Authors (9) William Roman João P Martins Filomena A Carvalho Raphael Voituriez Jasmine VG Abella Nuno C Santos Bruno CadotMichael Way Edgar R Gomes Nature Cell Biology Published 1 October 2017 Crick labsMichael WayFull details Correlative super-resolution fluorescence and electron microscopy using conventional fluorescent proteins in vacuo Authors (8)Chris PeddieMarie-Charlotte Domart Xenia Snetkov Peter O'Toole Banafshe LarijaniMichael Way Susan CoxLucy Collinson Journal of Structural Biology Published 1 August 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayElectron MicroscopyFull details Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next page Next Last page Last Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Regeneration of actin filament branches from the same Arp2/3 complex Authors (7) Foad Ghasemi LuYan CaoMiroslav Mladenov Bérengère GuichardMichael Way Antoine Jégou Guillaume Romet-Lemonne Science advances Published 26 January 2024 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
Cortactin stabilizes actin branches by bridging activated Arp2/3 to its nucleated actin filament Authors (6) Tianyang Liu Luyan CaoMiroslav Mladenov Antoine JegouMichael Way Carolyn A Moores Nature Structural and Molecular Biology Published 24 January 2024 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
Palisade structure in intact vaccinia virions Authors (5)Miguel Hernandez GonzalezTom CalcraftAndrea NansPeter RosenthalMichael Way mBio Published 1 February 2024 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayPeter RosenthalStructural BiologyScientific computingFull details
The amount of Nck rather than N-WASP correlates with the rate of actin-based motility of Vaccinia virus Authors (2)Angika BasantMichael Way Microbiology Spectrum Published 1 December 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayLight MicroscopyFull details
ARPC5 deficiency leads to severe early-onset systemic inflammation and mortality Authors (11) Elena Sindram Andrés Caballero-OteyzaNaoko Kogata Shaina Chor Mei Huang Zahra Alizadeh Laura Gámez-Díaz Mohammad Reza Fazlollhi Xiao Peng Bodo GrimbacherMichael Way Michele Proietti Disease Models and Mechanisms Published 1 July 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayGenetic Modification ServiceBiological Research FacilityFull details
ARPC5 isoforms and their regulation by calcium-calmodulin-N-WASP drive distinct Arp2/3-dependent actin remodeling events in CD4 T cells Authors (6) Lopamudra Sadhu Nikolaos Tsopoulidis Md Hasanuzzaman Vibor LaketaMichael Way Oliver T Fackler eLife Published 10 May 2023 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
Regulation of branched versus linear Arp2/3-generated actin filaments Authors (5) Luyan Cao Foad GhasemiMichael Way Antoine Jégou Guillaume Romet-Lemonne The EMBO Journal Published 2 May 2023 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
A succession of two viral lattices drives vaccinia virus assembly Authors (5)Miguel Hernandez GonzalezTom CalcraftAndrea NansPeter RosenthalMichael Way PLOS Biology Published 2 March 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayPeter RosenthalStructural BiologyScientific computingFull details
Kinesin-1 transports morphologically distinct intracellular virions during vaccinia infection Authors (5)Amadeus XuAngika Basant Sibylle Schleich Timothy P NewsomeMichael Way Journal of Cell Science Published 1 March 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayLight MicroscopyFull details
The relative binding position of Nck and Grb2 adaptors impacts actin-based motility of Vaccinia virus Authors (2)Angika BasantMichael Way eLife Published 7 July 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayCell ServicesAdvanced SequencingFull details
MICAL2 enhances branched actin network disassembly by oxidizing Arp3B-containing Arp2/3 complexes Authors (10) Chiara GalloniDavide Carra Jasmine VG AbellaSvend Kjaer Pavithra SingaraveluDavid BarryNaoko Kogata Christophe Guérin Laurent BlanchoinMichael Way Journal of Cell Biology Published 2 August 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayStructural BiologyLight MicroscopyFull details
Cryo-EM of human Arp2/3 complexes provides structural insights into actin nucleation modulation by ARPC5 isoforms Authors (8) Ottilie von Loeffelholz Andrew Purkiss Luyan CaoSvend KjaerNaoko Kogata Guillaume Romet-LemonneMichael Way Carolyn A Moores Biology Open Published 31 July 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayStructural BiologyFull details
Lamellipodin tunes cell migration by stabilizing protrusions and promoting adhesion formation Authors (11) Georgi Dimchev Behnam Amiri Ashley C Humphries Matthias Schaks Vanessa Dimchev Theresia EB Stradal Jan Faix Matthias KrauseMichael Way Martin Falcke Klemens Rottner Journal of Cell Science Published 9 April 2020 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
B cells extract antigens at Arp2/3-generated actin foci interspersed with linear filaments Authors (6)Sophie RoperLaabiah WasimDessi MalinovaMichael Way Susan CoxPavel Tolar eLife Published 9 December 2019 Crick labsMichael WayPavel TolarFull details
Deletion of apoptosis inhibitor F1L in vaccinia virus increases safety and oncolysis for cancer therapy Authors (17) Adrian Pelin Johann Foloppe Julia Petryk Ragunath Singaravelu Marian Hussein Florian Gossart[...] Brian LaightMichael Way Philippe Erbs Fabrice Le Boeuf John C Bell Molecular Therapy - Oncolytics Published 27 September 2019 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
Insights into kinesin-1 activation from the crystal structure of KLC2 bound to JIP3 Authors (6) Joseph JB Cockburn Sophie J Hesketh Peter Mulhair Maren Thomsen Mary J O'ConnellMichael Way Structure Published 6 November 2018 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
Septins suppress the release of vaccinia virus from infected cells Authors (3) Julia Pfanzelter Serge MostowyMichael Way Journal of Cell Biology Published 19 June 2018 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
Tuning of in vivo cognate B-T cell interactions by Intersectin 2 is required for effective anti-viral B cell immunity Authors (9) Marianne BurbageFrancesca Gasparrini Shweta Aggarwal Mauro Gaya Johan Arnold Usha NairMichael Way Andreas Bruckbauer Facundo D Batista eLife Published 16 January 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityFull details
Myofibril contraction and crosslinking drive nuclear movement to the periphery of skeletal muscle Authors (9) William Roman João P Martins Filomena A Carvalho Raphael Voituriez Jasmine VG Abella Nuno C Santos Bruno CadotMichael Way Edgar R Gomes Nature Cell Biology Published 1 October 2017 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
Correlative super-resolution fluorescence and electron microscopy using conventional fluorescent proteins in vacuo Authors (8)Chris PeddieMarie-Charlotte Domart Xenia Snetkov Peter O'Toole Banafshe LarijaniMichael Way Susan CoxLucy Collinson Journal of Structural Biology Published 1 August 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayElectron MicroscopyFull details