Margot Quinlan*

Websites:

Qlab website

Publications:

Valencia DA, Koeberlein AN, Nakano H, Rudas A, Harui A, Spencer C, Nakano A, Quinlan ME. Human formin FHOD3-mediated actin elongation is required for sarcomere integrity in cardiomyocytes. bioRxiv. 2024 Oct 14. view on PubMed

Lowe TL, Valencia DA, Velasquez VE, Quinlan ME, Clarke SG. Methylation and phosphorylation of formin homology domain proteins (Fhod1 and Fhod3) by protein arginine methyltransferase 7 (PRMT7) and Rho Kinase (ROCK1). J Biol Chem. 2024 Oct 03; 107857. view on PubMed

Bremer KV, Wu C, Patel AA, He KL, Grunfeld AM, Chanfreau GF, Quinlan ME. Formin tails act as a switch, inhibiting or enhancing processive actin elongation. J Biol Chem. 2024 Jan; 300(1):105557. view on PubMed

Valencia DA, Quinlan ME. Formins. Curr Biol. 2021 05 24; 31(10):R517-R522. view on PubMed

Bradley AO, Vizcarra CL, Bailey HM, Quinlan ME. Spire stimulates nucleation by Cappuccino and binds both ends of actin filaments. Mol Biol Cell. 2020 02 15; 31(4):273-286. view on PubMed

Kudryashova E, Heisler DB, Williams B, Harker AJ, Shafer K, Quinlan ME, Kovar DR, Vavylonis D, Kudryashov DS. Actin Cross-Linking Toxin Is a Universal Inhibitor of Tandem-Organized and Oligomeric G-Actin Binding Proteins. Curr Biol. 2018 05 21; 28(10):1536-1547.e9. view on PubMed

Silkworth WT, Kunes KL, Nickel GC, Phillips ML, Quinlan ME, Vizcarra CL. The neuron-specific formin Delphilin nucleates nonmuscle actin but does not enhance elongation. Mol Biol Cell. 2018 03 01; 29(5):610-621. view on PubMed

Patel AA, Oztug Durer ZA, van Loon AP, Bremer KV, Quinlan ME. Drosophila and human FHOD family formin proteins nucleate actin filaments. J Biol Chem. 2018 01 12; 293(2):532-540. view on PubMed

Vizcarra CL, Quinlan ME. Actin filament assembly by bacterial factors VopL/F: Which end is up? J Cell Biol. 2017 05 01; 216(5):1211-1213. view on PubMed

Quinlan ME. Cytoplasmic Streaming in the Drosophila Oocyte. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol. 2016 10 06; 32:173-195. view on PubMed

Sadlier C, Lynam A, O'Dea S, Delamere S, Quinlan M, Clarke S, Sheils O, Bergin C. HPV vaccine acceptability in HIV-infected and HIV negative men who have sex with men (MSM) in Ireland. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2016 06 02; 12(6):1536-41. view on PubMed

Oztug Durer ZA, McGillivary RM, Kang H, Elam WA, Vizcarra CL, Hanein D, De La Cruz EM, Reisler E, Quinlan ME. Metavinculin Tunes the Flexibility and the Architecture of Vinculin-Induced Bundles of Actin Filaments. J Mol Biol. 2015 Aug 28; 427(17):2782-98. view on PubMed

Yoo H, Roth-Johnson EA, Bor B, Quinlan ME. Drosophila Cappuccino alleles provide insight into formin mechanism and role in oogenesis. Mol Biol Cell. 2015 May 15; 26(10):1875-86. view on PubMed

Bor B, Bois JS, Quinlan ME. Regulation of the formin Cappuccino is critical for polarity of Drosophila oocytes. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken). 2015 Jan; 72(1):1-15. view on PubMed

Fattouh R, Kwon H, Czuczman MA, Copeland JW, Pelletier L, Quinlan ME, Muise AM, Higgins DE, Brumell JH. The diaphanous-related formins promote protrusion formation and cell-to-cell spread of Listeria monocytogenes. J Infect Dis. 2015 Apr 01; 211(7):1185-95. view on PubMed

Vizcarra CL, Bor B, Quinlan ME. The role of formin tails in actin nucleation, processive elongation, and filament bundling. J Biol Chem. 2014 Oct 31; 289(44):30602-30613. view on PubMed

Rasson AS, Bois JS, Pham DSL, Yoo H, Quinlan ME. Filament assembly by Spire: key residues and concerted actin binding. J Mol Biol. 2015 Feb 27; 427(4):824-839. view on PubMed

Roth-Johnson EA, Vizcarra CL, Bois JS, Quinlan ME. Interaction between microtubules and the Drosophila formin Cappuccino and its effect on actin assembly. J Biol Chem. 2014 Feb 14; 289(7):4395-404. view on PubMed

Quinlan ME. Direct interaction between two actin nucleators is required in Drosophila oogenesis. Development. 2013 Nov; 140(21):4417-25. view on PubMed

Bor B, Vizcarra CL, Phillips ML, Quinlan ME. Autoinhibition of the formin Cappuccino in the absence of canonical autoinhibitory domains. Mol Biol Cell. 2012 Oct; 23(19):3801-13. view on PubMed

Beausang JF, Sun Y, Quinlan ME, Forkey JN, Goldman YE. Construction of flow chambers for polarized total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (polTIRFM) motility assays. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2012 Jun 01; 2012(6):712-5. view on PubMed

Beausang JF, Sun Y, Quinlan ME, Forkey JN, Goldman YE. The acquisition and analysis of polarized total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (polTIRFM) data. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2012 Jun 01; 2012(6):722-5. view on PubMed

Beausang JF, Sun Y, Quinlan ME, Forkey JN, Goldman YE. The polarized total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (polTIRFM) processive motility assay for myosin V. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2012 Jun 01; 2012(6):716-8. view on PubMed

Beausang JF, Sun Y, Quinlan ME, Forkey JN, Goldman YE. The polarized total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (polTIRFM) twirling filament assay. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2012 Jun 01; 2012(6):719-21. view on PubMed

Beausang JF, Sun Y, Quinlan ME, Forkey JN, Goldman YE. Fluorescent labeling of calmodulin with bifunctional rhodamine. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2012 May 01; 2012(5). view on PubMed

Beausang JF, Sun Y, Quinlan ME, Forkey JN, Goldman YE. Fluorescent labeling of myosin V for polarized total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (polTIRFM) motility assays. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2012 May 01; 2012(5). view on PubMed

Beausang JF, Sun Y, Quinlan ME, Forkey JN, Goldman YE. Orientation and rotational motions of single molecules by polarized total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (polTIRFM). Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2012 May 01; 2012(5). view on PubMed

Beausang JF, Sun Y, Quinlan ME, Forkey JN, Goldman YE. Preparation of filamentous actin for polarized total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (polTIRFM) motility assays. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2012 May 01; 2012(5). view on PubMed

Chen CK, Sawaya MR, Phillips ML, Reisler E, Quinlan ME. Multiple forms of Spire-actin complexes and their functional consequences. J Biol Chem. 2012 Mar 23; 287(13):10684-10692. view on PubMed

Vizcarra CL, Kreutz B, Rodal AA, Toms AV, Lu J, Zheng W, Quinlan ME, Eck MJ. Structure and function of the interacting domains of Spire and Fmn-family formins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Jul 19; 108(29):11884-9. view on PubMed

Zuchero JB, Coutts AS, Quinlan ME, Thangue NB, Mullins RD. p53-cofactor JMY is a multifunctional actin nucleation factor. Nat Cell Biol. 2009 Apr; 11(4):451-9. view on PubMed

Quinlan ME, Kerkhoff E. Actin nucleation: bacteria get in-Spired. Nat Cell Biol. 2008 Jan; 10(1):13-5. view on PubMed

Quinlan ME, Hilgert S, Bedrossian A, Mullins RD, Kerkhoff E. Regulatory interactions between two actin nucleators, Spire and Cappuccino. J Cell Biol. 2007 Oct 08; 179(1):117-28. view on PubMed

Rosenberg SA, Quinlan ME, Forkey JN, Goldman YE. Rotational motions of macro-molecules by single-molecule fluorescence microscopy. Acc Chem Res. 2005 Jul; 38(7):583-93. view on PubMed

Forkey JN, Quinlan ME, Goldman YE. Measurement of single macromolecule orientation by total internal reflection fluorescence polarization microscopy. Biophys J. 2005 Aug; 89(2):1261-71. view on PubMed

Quinlan ME, Forkey JN, Goldman YE. Orientation of the myosin light chain region by single molecule total internal reflection fluorescence polarization microscopy. Biophys J. 2005 Aug; 89(2):1132-42. view on PubMed

Quinlan ME, Heuser JE, Kerkhoff E, Mullins RD. Drosophila Spire is an actin nucleation factor. Nature. 2005 Jan 27; 433(7024):382-8. view on PubMed

Forkey JN, Quinlan ME, Shaw MA, Corrie JE, Goldman YE. Three-dimensional structural dynamics of myosin V by single-molecule fluorescence polarization. Nature. 2003 Mar 27; 422(6930):399-404. view on PubMed

Quinlan ME, Forkey JN, Goldman YE. Kinesin-ADP: whole lotta shakin' goin' on. Nat Struct Biol. 2001 Jun; 8(6):478-80. view on PubMed

Forkey JN, Quinlan ME, Goldman YE. Protein structural dynamics by single-molecule fluorescence polarization. Prog Biophys Mol Biol. 2000; 74(1-2):1-35. view on PubMed