Recent Publications:

Nock, S., W. Liang, H.M. Warrick, and J.A. Spudich. (2000). Mutational Analysis Of Phosphorylation Sites In The Dictyostelium Myosin II Tail: Disruption Of Myosin Function By A Single Charge Change. FEBS Letters 466:267-272.

Murphy, C.T. and J.A. Spudich. (2000). Variable Surface Loops And Myosin Activity: Accessories To A Motor. J. Muscle. Res. Cell Motility 21:139-151.

Robinson, D.N. and J.A. Spudich. (2000). Towards A Molecular Understanding of Cytokinesis. Trends in Cell Biology 10:228-237.

Robinson, D.N. and J.A. Spudich. (2000). Dynacortin, A Genetic Link Between Equatorial Contractility And Global Shape Control Discovered By Library Complementation Of A Dictyostelium Discoideum Cytokinesis Mutant. J. Cell Biol. 150:823-838.

Rief, M., R.S. Rock, A.D. Mehta, M.S. Mooseker, R.E. Cheney, and J.A. Spudich. (2000). Myosin-V Stepping Kinetics: A Molecular Model For Processivity. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 97:9482-9486.

Shih, W.M., Z. Gryczynski, J.R. Lakowicz, and J.A. Spudich. (2000). A FRET-Based Sensor Reveals Large ATP Hydrolysis-Induced Conformational Changes And Three Distinct States of The Molecular Motor Myosin. Cell 102:683-694.

Rock, R.S., M. Rief, A.D. Mehta, and J.A. Spudich, (2000). In Vitro Assays of Processive Myosin Motors. Methods 22:373-381.

Murphy, C.T., R. S. Rock, and J.A. Spudich. (2001). A Myosin II Mutation Uncouples ATPase Activity From Motility And Shortens Step Size. Nature Cell Biol. 3:311-315.

Spudich, J.A. (2001). The Myosin Swinging Cross-Bridge Model. Nature Reviews 2:387-392.