Steered Molecular Dynamics Simulations of a Type IV Pilus Probe Initial Stages of a Force-Induced Conformational Transition

by Baker, Joseph L., Biais, Nicolas, Tama, Florence
Published 2013

Traction on Immobilized Netrin-1 is Sufficient to Reorient Axons

by Moore, Simon W., Biais, Nicolas, Sheetz, Michael P.
Published 2009

Techniques to Measure Pilus Retraction Forces

by Biais, Nicolas, Higashi, Dustin, So, Magdalene, Ladoux, Benoit
Published in Methods Mol Biol (2012)

Cooperative Retraction of Bundled Type IV Pili Enables Nanonewton Force Generation

by Biais, Nicolas, Ladoux, Benoît, Higashi, Dustin, So, Magdalene, Sheetz, Michael
Published 2008

Pili-Induced Clustering of N. gonorrhoeae Bacteria

by Taktikos, Johannes, Lin, Yen Ting, Stark, Holger, Biais, Nicolas, Zaburdaev, Vasily
Published in PLoS One (2015)

Multiscale modeling of bacterial colonies: how pili mediate the dynamics of single cells and cellular aggregates

by Pönisch, Wolfram, Weber, Christoph A, Juckeland, Guido, Biais, Nicolas, Zaburdaev, Vasily
Published in New J Phys (2017)

Fresh Extension of Vibrio cholerae Competence Type IV Pili Predisposes Them for Motor-Independent Retraction

by Chlebek, Jennifer L., Dalia, Triana N., Biais, Nicolas, Dalia, Ankur B.
Published in Appl Environ Microbiol (2021)

Force-dependent polymorphism in type IV pili reveals hidden epitopes

by Biais, Nicolas, Higashi, Dustin L., Brujić, Jasna, So, Magdalene, Sheetz, Michael P.
Published 2010

Functional analysis of an unusual type IV pilus in the Gram‐positive Streptococcus sanguinis

by Gurung, Ishwori, Spielman, Ingrid, Davies, Mark R., Lala, Rajan, Gaustad, Peter, Biais, Nicolas, Pelicic, Vladimir
Published in Mol Microbiol (2015)

Pili mediated intercellular forces shape heterogeneous bacterial microcolonies prior to multicellular differentiation

by Pönisch, Wolfram, Eckenrode, Kelly B., Alzurqa, Khaled, Nasrollahi, Hadi, Weber, Christoph, Zaburdaev, Vasily, Biais, Nicolas
Published in Sci Rep (2018)

Integrin-dependent force transmission to the extracellular matrix by α-actinin triggers adhesion maturation

by Roca-Cusachs, Pere, del Rio, Armando, Puklin-Faucher, Eileen, Gauthier, Nils C., Biais, Nicolas, Sheetz, Michael P.
Published 2013

Uncovering the Mechanism of Trapping and Cell Orientation during Neisseria gonorrhoeae Twitching Motility

by Zaburdaev, Vasily, Biais, Nicolas, Schmiedeberg, Michael, Eriksson, Jens, Jonsson, Ann-Beth, Sheetz, Michael P., Weitz, David A.
Published 2014

N. elongata Produces Type IV Pili That Mediate Interspecies Gene Transfer with N. gonorrhoeae

by Higashi, Dustin L., Biais, Nicolas, Weyand, Nathan J., Agellon, Al, Sisko, Jennifer L., Brown, Lewis M., So, Magdalene
Published 2011

Influence of type IV pilus retraction on the architecture of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae-infected cell cortex

by Higashi, Dustin L., Zhang, Gina H., Biais, Nicolas, Myers, Lauren R., Weyand, Nathan J., Elliott, David A., So, Magdalene
Published 2009

Filamin depletion blocks endoplasmic spreading and destabilizes force-bearing adhesions

by Lynch, Christopher D., Gauthier, Nils C., Biais, Nicolas, Lazar, Andre M., Roca-Cusachs, Pere, Yu, Cheng-Han, Sheetz, Michael P.
Published 2011

Retraction of DNA-bound type IV competence pili initiates DNA uptake during natural transformation in Vibrio cholerae

by Ellison, Courtney K., Dalia, Triana N., Ceballos, Alfredo Vidal, Wang, Joseph Che-Yen, Biais, Nicolas, Brun, Yves V., Dalia, Ankur B.
Published in Nat Microbiol (2018)

Mechanotransduction: use the force(s)

by Paluch, Ewa K., Nelson, Celeste M., Biais, Nicolas, Fabry, Ben, Moeller, Jens, Pruitt, Beth L., Wollnik, Carina, Kudryasheva, Galina, Rehfeldt, Florian, Federle, Walter
Published in BMC Biol (2015)

Evolutionary algorithms converge towards evolved biological photonic structures

by Barry, Mamadou Aliou, Berthier, Vincent, Wilts, Bodo D., Cambourieux, Marie-Claire, Bennet, Pauline, Pollès, Rémi, Teytaud, Olivier, Centeno, Emmanuel, Biais, Nicolas, Moreau, Antoine
Published in Sci Rep (2020)

Nonmuscle Myosin IIA-Dependent Force Inhibits Cell Spreading and Drives F-Actin Flow

by Cai, Yunfei, Biais, Nicolas, Giannone, Gregory, Tanase, Monica, Jiang, Guoying, Hofman, Jake M., Wiggins, Chris H., Silberzan, Pascal, Buguin, Axel, Ladoux, Benoit, Sheetz, Michael P.
Published 2006

Cytoskeletal coherence requires myosin-IIA contractility

by Cai, Yunfei, Rossier, Olivier, Gauthier, Nils C., Biais, Nicolas, Fardin, Marc-Antoine, Zhang, Xian, Miller, Lawrence W., Ladoux, Benoit, Cornish, Virginia W., Sheetz, Michael P.
Published 2010