Key papers:
Kalutskii M, Grubmueller H, Volkov VA#, Igaev M#. Microtubule dynamics are defined by conformations and stability of clustered protofilaments (2025) PNAS 122 (22) e2424263122 doi: 10.1073/pnas.2424263122 / PDF + SI / preprint
Polley S, Müschenborn H, Terbeck M, De Antoni A, Vetter IR, Dogterom M, Musacchio A#, Volkov VA#, Huis in ‘t Veld PJ#. Stable kinetochore-microtubule attachment requires loop-dependent Ndc80-Ndc80 binding (2023) EMBO J e112504. doi: 10.15252/embj.2022112504 / PDF
Nick Maleki A, Huis in 't Veld PJ, Akhmanova A, Dogterom M, Volkov VA#. Estimation of microtubule-generated forces using a DNA origami nanospring (2023) J Cell Sci 136 (5), jcs260154. doi: 10.1242/jcs.260154 / PDF Huis in ’t Veld PJ*, Volkov VA*, Stender I, Musacchio A, Dogterom M. Molecular determinants of the Ska-Ndc80 interaction and their influence on microtubule tracking and force-coupling (2019) eLife 8:e49539 doi: 10.7554/eLife.49539 / PDF Volkov VA*, Huis in ’t Veld PJ*, Dogterom M, Musacchio A. Multivalency of NDC80 in the outer kinetochore is essential to track shortening microtubules and generate forces (2018) eLife 7:e36764. doi: 10.7554/eLife.36764 / PDF Volkov VA, Zaytsev AV, Gudimchuk N, Grissom PM, Gintsburg AL, Ataullakhanov FI, McIntosh JR, Grishchuk EL. Long tethers provide high-force coupling of the Dam1 ring to shortening microtubules (2013) PNAS 110(19):7708-13. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1305821110 / PDF
#corresponding author, *equal contribution