Dissecting the role of formins in large-scale endocytosis

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Jan Faix
• Subject Area: Cell Biology ; Biochemistry
• Term: from 2019 to 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 419912200

• Final Report Year: 2023

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Publications

• Formins specify membrane patterns generated by propagating actin waves. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 31(5), 373-385.
  Ecke, Mary; Prassler, Jana; Tanribil, Patrick; Müller-Taubenberger, Annette; Körber, Sarah; Faix, Jan & Gerisch, Günther
  
• VASP boosts protrusive activity of macroendocytic cups and drives phagosome rocketing after internalization. European Journal of Cell Biology, 101(2), 151200.
  Körber, Sarah & Faix, Jan
  
• Convergence of Ras- and Rac-regulated formin pathways is pivotal for phagosome formation and particle uptake in Dictyostelium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(11).
  Körber, Sarah; Junemann, Alexander; Litschko, Christof; Winterhoff, Moritz & Faix, Jan
  
• Ena/VASP clustering at microspike tips involves lamellipodin but not I-BAR proteins, and absolutely requires unconventional myosin-X. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(2).
  Pokrant, Thomas; Hein, Jens Ingo; Körber, Sarah; Disanza, Andrea; Pich, Andreas; Scita, Giorgio; Rottner, Klemens & Faix, Jan
  
• Unleashed Actin Assembly in Capping Protein-Deficient B16-F1 Cells Enables Identification of Multiple Factors Contributing to Filopodium Formation. Cells, 12(6), 890.
  Hein, Jens Ingo; Scholz, Jonas; Körber, Sarah; Kaufmann, Thomas & Faix, Jan