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Girard K.D., Kuo, S.C. , and Robinson D.N. (2006) Dictyostelium myosin II mechanochemistry promotes active behavior of the cortex on long time scales. PNAS, in press

Dalal, R. D., Delueze J., and Kuo, S.C. (2006) Real-time mechanics of phagocytosis in Dictyostelium discoideum measured by laser tracking microrheology (LTM). PNAS, in preparation

Girard K.D., Chaney C., Delannoy M., Kuo S.C. , and Robinson D.N. (2004) Dynacortin contributes to cortical viscoelasticity and helps define the shape of changes of cytokinesis. EMBO J., 23(7):1536-46.

McGrath J.L., Eungdamrong N.J., Fisher C.I., Peng F., Mahadevan L., Mitchison T.J., and Kuo S.C.  (2003) The Force-Velocity Relationship for the Actin-based Motility of Listeria monocytogenes. Current Biology, 13(4):329-332.

Boustany, N.N., Kuo, S.C., and Thakor, N.V. (2001) Optical Scatter Imaging for in situ subcellular morphometry. Optics and Photonics News, in press (Dec 2001).

Kuo, S.C. (2001) Using optics to measure biological forces and mechanics. Traffic, 2:757-63

Boustany, N.N., Kuo, S.C., and Thakor, N.V. (2001) Optical Scatter Imaging: subcellular morphometry in situ with Fourier filtering. Optics Letters 26:1063-5.

McGrath, J.L., Hartwig, J.H. and Kuo, S.C. (2000) The mechanics of F-actin microenvironments depends on the chemistry of probing surfaces. Biophys J, 79:3258-66. | Abstract | PDF reprint, 258Kb.

Kuo, S.C., and McGrath, J. L. (2000) Steps and fluctuations of Listeria monocytogenes during actin-based motility. Nature, 407:1026-9. | PubMed  | Abstract | PDF reprint, 478Kb.

Yamada, S., Wirtz, D., and Kuo, S.C. (2000) Mechanics of living cells measured by laser tracking microrheology. Biophys. J., 78:1736-47. | PubMed  | Abstract | PDF reprint, 272Kb.

Gheber, L., Kuo, S.C., and Hoyt, M.A. (1999) Motile properties of the kinesin-related Cin8p spindle motor extracted from Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells. J. Biol. Chem., 274:9564-72. | PubMed | Abstract | PDF reprint, 380Kb

Palmer, A., Xu, J., Kuo, S.C., and D. Wirtz. (1999) Diffusing wave spectroscopy microrheology of actin filament networks. Biophys. J., 76:1063-71. | PubMed | Abstract | PDF reprint, 108Kb

Mason, T.G., Ganesan, K., van Zanten, J.H., Wirtz, D., and Kuo, S.C. (1997) Particle tracking microrheology of complex fluids. Phys. Rev. Lett., 79:3282-3285. | Abstract | PDF reprint, 132Kb

Kuo, S.C., Ramanathan, K., and Sorg, B. (1995) Single kinesin molecules stressed with optical tweezers. Biophys. J. 68:74s. | PubMed | Abstract

Kuo, S.C. (1995) Optical tweezers: A practical guide. J. Microscopy Soc. Am. 1:65-74 | Abstract

Kuo, S.C. and M.P. Sheetz. (1993) Force of single kinesin molecules measured with optical tweezers. Science 260:232-234. | PubMed | Abstract

Kuo, S.C. and M.P. Sheetz. (1993) Tracking nanometer movements of single motor molecules. Meth. Cell Biol. 39:129-136

Wang, X.F., J.J. Lemasters, B. Herman, and S.C. Kuo. (1993) Multiple microscopic techniques for the measurements of plasma membrane lipid structure during hypoxia. Opt. Eng. 32:284-290| Abstract

Kuo, S.C. and M.P. Sheetz. (1992) Optical tweezers in cell biology. Trends Cell Biol. 2:116-118

Kuo, S.C., J. Gelles, E. Steuer, and M.P. Sheetz. (1991) A model for kinesin movement from nonometer-level measurements of kinesin and cytoplasmic dynein and force measurements. J Cell Sci Suppl 14:135-138. | PubMed | Abstract

Edidin, M., S.C. Kuo, and M.P. Sheetz. (1991) Lateral movements of membrane glycoproteins restricted by dynamic cytoplasmic barriers. Science 254:1379-1382. | PubMed | Abstract

Kucik, D.F., S.C. Kuo, E.L. Elson, and M.P. Sheetz. (1991) Preferential attachment of membrane glycoproteins to the cytoskeleton at the leading edge of lamella. J. Cell Biol. 114:1029-1036. | PubMed | Abstract

Kuo, S.C. and D.E. Koshland, Jr. (1989) Multiple kinetic states for the flagellar motor switch. J. Bacteriol. 171:6279-6287. | PubMed | Abstract

Kuo, S.C. and D.E. Koshland, Jr. (1987) Roles of cheY and cheZ gene products in controlling flagellar rotation in bacterial chemotaxis. J. Bacteriol. 169:1307-1314. | PubMed | Abstract

Kuo, S.C. and Koshland, D.E., Jr. (1986) Sequence of the flaA (cheC) locus of Escherichia coli and discovery of a new gene. J. Bacteriol. 166:1007-1012. | PubMed | Abstract

Macara, I.G., S. Kuo, and L.C. Cantley. (1983) Evidence that inhibitors of anion exchange induce a transmembrane conformational change in Band 3. J. Biol. Chem. 258:1785-1792. | PubMed | Abstract