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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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Reed Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published 7 May 2013 Crick labsMichael WayFull details The San Francisco declaration on research assessment Authors (2)Michael Way Sharon A Ahmad Journal of Cell Science Published 1 May 2013 Crick labsMichael WayFull details Widespread resetting of DNA methylation in glioblastoma-initiating cells suppresses malignant cellular behavior in a lineage-dependent manner Authors (13) Stefan H Stricker Andrew Feber Pär G Engström Helena Carén Kathreena M Kurian Yasuhiro Takashima[...] Peter Dirks Paul Bertone Austin Smith Stephan Beck Steven M Pollard Genes & Development Published 15 March 2013 Crick labsMichael WayFull details JCS Prize. 2012 winners: Vincent Pasque and Aliaksandra Radzisheuskaya Authors (1)Michael Way Journal of Cell Science Published 1 January 2013 Crick labsMichael WayFull details New JCS editor Authors (2)Michael Way Sharon A Ahmad Journal of Cell Science Published 1 January 2013 Crick labsMichael WayFull details G-actin regulates the shuttling and PP1 binding of the RPEL protein Phactr1 to control actomyosin assembly Authors (7) Maria WiezlakJessica Diring Jasmine AbellaStephane MouilleronMichael WayNeil McDonaldRichard Treisman Journal of Cell Science Published 1 December 2012 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayRichard TreismanNeil McDonaldStructural BiologyFull details Clathrin potentiates vaccinia-induced actin polymerization to facilitate viral spread Authors (6) Ashley C Humphries Mark P DoddingDavid BarryLucy Collinson Charlotte H DurkinMichael Way Cell Host & Microbe Published 13 September 2012 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayElectron MicroscopyFull details Loss of cytoskeletal transport during egress critically attenuates ectromelia virus infection in vivo Authors (10) Helena Lynn Jacquelyn Horsington Lee Kuan Ter Shuyi Han Yee Lian Chew Russell J DiefenbachMichael Way Geeta Chaudhri Gunasegaran Karupiah Timothy P Newsome Journal of Virology Published 1 July 2012 Crick labsMichael WayFull details Nck and Cdc42 co-operate to recruit N-WASP to promote FcγR-mediated phagocytosis Authors (5) Anna E Dart Sara K Donnelly David W HoldenMichael Way Emmanuelle Caron Journal of Cell Science Published 15 June 2012 Crick labsMichael WayFull details F-actin is an evolutionarily conserved damage-associated molecular pattern recognized by DNGR-1, a receptor for dead cells Authors (15) Susan Ahrens Santiago Zelenay David Sancho Pavel HančSvend Kjaer Christoph Feest[...] Facundo Batista Barry ThompsonMichael WayCaetano Reis e SousaOliver Schulz Immunity Published 20 April 2012 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayBarry ThompsonCaetano Reis e SousaStructural BiologyFull details A fresh start--but business as usual Authors (1)Michael Way Journal of Cell Science Published 1 January 2012 Crick labsMichael WayFull details JCS Prize. 2011 winner: Carla Lopes Authors (1)Michael Way Journal of Cell Science Published 1 January 2012 Crick labsMichael WayFull details The vaccinia virus-encoded Bcl-2 homologues do not act as direct Bax inhibitors Authors (2) Antonio PostigoMichael Way Journal of Virology Published 1 January 2012 Crick labsMichael WayFull details A kinesin-1 binding motif in vaccinia virus that is widespread throughout the human genome Authors (4) Mark P Dodding Richard Mitter Ashley C HumphriesMichael Way EMBO Journal Published 16 November 2011 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details Kinesin-1-mediated capsid disassembly and disruption of the nuclear pore complex promote virus infection Authors (10) Sten Strunze Martin F Engelke I Hsuan Wang Daniel Puntener Karin Boucke Sibylle SchleichMichael Way Philipp Schoenenberger Christoph J Burckhardt Urs F Greber Cell Host & Microbe Published 15 September 2011 Crick labsMichael WayFull details Coupling viruses to dynein and kinesin-1 Authors (2) Mark P DoddingMichael Way EMBO Journal Published 31 August 2011 Crick labsMichael WayFull details Molecular recognition of the Tes LIM2-3 domains by the actin-related protein Arp7A Authors (8) Batiste Boëda Phillip P KnowlesDavid Briggs Judith Murray-Rust Erika Soriano Boyan K GarvalovNeil McDonaldMichael Way Journal of Biological Chemistry Published 1 April 2011 Crick labsMichael WayNeil McDonaldFull details Actin motility: formin a SCAry tail Authors (2) Art AlbertsMichael Way Current Biology Published 11 January 2011 Crick labsMichael WayFull details Pagination First page First Previous page Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Current page 5 Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Vaccinia virus F1L protein promotes virulence by inhibiting inflammasome activation Authors (15) Motti Gerlic Benjamin Faustin Antonio Postigo Eric Chi-Wang Yu Martina Proell Naran Gombosuren[...] Arnold Satterthwait Robert C Liddington Shahram Salek-Ardakani Shu-ichi Matsuzawa John C Reed Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published 7 May 2013 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
The San Francisco declaration on research assessment Authors (2)Michael Way Sharon A Ahmad Journal of Cell Science Published 1 May 2013 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
Widespread resetting of DNA methylation in glioblastoma-initiating cells suppresses malignant cellular behavior in a lineage-dependent manner Authors (13) Stefan H Stricker Andrew Feber Pär G Engström Helena Carén Kathreena M Kurian Yasuhiro Takashima[...] Peter Dirks Paul Bertone Austin Smith Stephan Beck Steven M Pollard Genes & Development Published 15 March 2013 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
JCS Prize. 2012 winners: Vincent Pasque and Aliaksandra Radzisheuskaya Authors (1)Michael Way Journal of Cell Science Published 1 January 2013 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
New JCS editor Authors (2)Michael Way Sharon A Ahmad Journal of Cell Science Published 1 January 2013 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
G-actin regulates the shuttling and PP1 binding of the RPEL protein Phactr1 to control actomyosin assembly Authors (7) Maria WiezlakJessica Diring Jasmine AbellaStephane MouilleronMichael WayNeil McDonaldRichard Treisman Journal of Cell Science Published 1 December 2012 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayRichard TreismanNeil McDonaldStructural BiologyFull details
Clathrin potentiates vaccinia-induced actin polymerization to facilitate viral spread Authors (6) Ashley C Humphries Mark P DoddingDavid BarryLucy Collinson Charlotte H DurkinMichael Way Cell Host & Microbe Published 13 September 2012 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayElectron MicroscopyFull details
Loss of cytoskeletal transport during egress critically attenuates ectromelia virus infection in vivo Authors (10) Helena Lynn Jacquelyn Horsington Lee Kuan Ter Shuyi Han Yee Lian Chew Russell J DiefenbachMichael Way Geeta Chaudhri Gunasegaran Karupiah Timothy P Newsome Journal of Virology Published 1 July 2012 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
Nck and Cdc42 co-operate to recruit N-WASP to promote FcγR-mediated phagocytosis Authors (5) Anna E Dart Sara K Donnelly David W HoldenMichael Way Emmanuelle Caron Journal of Cell Science Published 15 June 2012 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
F-actin is an evolutionarily conserved damage-associated molecular pattern recognized by DNGR-1, a receptor for dead cells Authors (15) Susan Ahrens Santiago Zelenay David Sancho Pavel HančSvend Kjaer Christoph Feest[...] Facundo Batista Barry ThompsonMichael WayCaetano Reis e SousaOliver Schulz Immunity Published 20 April 2012 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayBarry ThompsonCaetano Reis e SousaStructural BiologyFull details
A fresh start--but business as usual Authors (1)Michael Way Journal of Cell Science Published 1 January 2012 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
JCS Prize. 2011 winner: Carla Lopes Authors (1)Michael Way Journal of Cell Science Published 1 January 2012 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
The vaccinia virus-encoded Bcl-2 homologues do not act as direct Bax inhibitors Authors (2) Antonio PostigoMichael Way Journal of Virology Published 1 January 2012 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
A kinesin-1 binding motif in vaccinia virus that is widespread throughout the human genome Authors (4) Mark P Dodding Richard Mitter Ashley C HumphriesMichael Way EMBO Journal Published 16 November 2011 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details
Kinesin-1-mediated capsid disassembly and disruption of the nuclear pore complex promote virus infection Authors (10) Sten Strunze Martin F Engelke I Hsuan Wang Daniel Puntener Karin Boucke Sibylle SchleichMichael Way Philipp Schoenenberger Christoph J Burckhardt Urs F Greber Cell Host & Microbe Published 15 September 2011 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
Coupling viruses to dynein and kinesin-1 Authors (2) Mark P DoddingMichael Way EMBO Journal Published 31 August 2011 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
Molecular recognition of the Tes LIM2-3 domains by the actin-related protein Arp7A Authors (8) Batiste Boëda Phillip P KnowlesDavid Briggs Judith Murray-Rust Erika Soriano Boyan K GarvalovNeil McDonaldMichael Way Journal of Biological Chemistry Published 1 April 2011 Crick labsMichael WayNeil McDonaldFull details
Actin motility: formin a SCAry tail Authors (2) Art AlbertsMichael Way Current Biology Published 11 January 2011 Crick labsMichael WayFull details