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[2] Wang, Y.-L. and Taylor, D.L. (1979) Distribution of fluorescently labeled actin in living sea urchin eggs during early development. J. Cell Biol. 82:672-679.

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[51] Wheatley, S.P. and Wang, Y.-L. (1996) Midzone microtubule bundles are continuously required for cytokinesis in cultured epithelial cells. J. Cell Biol. 135:981-989.

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[55] Pelham, R.J. Jr. and Wang, Y.-L. (1997) Cell locomotion and focal adhesions are regulated by substrate flexibility. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94:13661-13665.

[56] Wang, Y.-L. (1998) Digital deconvolution of fluorescence images for biologists. Methods Cell Biol. 56:305-315.

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[58] Wang, Y.-L. and Pelham, R.J. Jr. (1998) Preparation of a flexible, porous polyacrylamide substrate for mechanical studies of cultured cells. Methods Enzymol. 298:489-496.

[59] Wheatley, S.P., O'Connell, C.B. and Wang, Y.-L. (1998) Inhibition of chromosomal separation provides insights into cleavage furrow stimulation in cultured epithelial cells. Mol. Biol. Cell 9:2173-2184.

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[61] Dembo, M. and Wang, Y.-L. (1999) Stresses at the cell-to-substrate interface during locomotion of fibroblasts. Biophys. J. 76:2307-2316.

[62] Pelham, R.J. Jr. and Wang Y.-L. (1999) High resolution detection of mechanical forces exerted by locomoting fibroblasts on the substrate. Mol. Biol. Cell 10:935-945.

[63] O'Connell, C.B. and Wang, Y.-L. (2000) Mammalian spindle orientation and position respond to changes in cell shape in a dynein-dependent fashion. Mol. Biol. Cell 11:1765-1774.

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[69] O'Connell, C.B., Warner, A.K. and Wang, Y.-L. (2001) Distinct roles of the equatorial and polar cortices in the cleavage of adherent cells. Curr. Biol. 11:702-707.

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[75] Beningo, K.A. and Wang, Y.-L. (2002) Fc-receptor mediated phagocytosis is regulated by mechanical properties of the target. J. Cell Sci. 115:849-856.

[76] Kaverina, I., Krylyshkina, O., Beningo, K., Anderson, K., Wang, Y.-L. and Small, J.V. (2002) Tensile stress stimulates microtubule outgrowth in living cells. J. Cell Sci. 115:2283-2291.

[77] Murata-Hori, M., Tatsuka, M. and Wang, Y.-L. (2002) Probing the dynamics and functions of Aurara B kinase in living cells during mitosis and cytokinesis. Mol. Biol. Cell 13:1099-1108.

[78] Murata-Hori, M. and Wang, Y.-L. (2002) The kinase activity of aurora B is required for kinetochore-microtubule interactions, bi-directional chromosomal movements, and spindle microtubule organization during mitosis. Curr. Biol. 12:894-899.

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[82] Marganski, W.A., Dembo, M. and Wang, Y.-L. (2002) Measurements of cell-generated deformations on flexible substrata using correlation-based optical flow. Methods Enzymol. 361:197-211.

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[89] Shiu, Y.T., Marganski, W.A., Usami, S., Schwartz, M.A., Wang, Y.-L., Dembo, M. and Chien, S. (2004) Rho mediates shear-enhancement of endothelial cell migration and traction force generation. Biophys. J. 86:2558-2565.

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[91] Guha, M., Zhou, M. and Wang, Y.-L. (2005) Cortical actin turnover during cytokinesis requires myosin II. Curr. Biol. 15:732-736.

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[93] Discher, D., Janmey, P. and Wang, Y.-L. (2006) Tissue cells feel and respond to the stiffness of their substrates. Science 310:1139-1143.

[94] Warner, A.K., Keen, J.H. and Wang, Y.-L. (2006) Dynamics of membrane clathrin-coated structures during cytokinesis. Traffic 7:205-215.

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