Actin-based propulsion of functionalized hard versus fluid spherical objects

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Summary

The results indicate that beads and vesicles use different mechanisms to translate insertional polymerization of actin at their surface into directed movement: stress relaxation within the actin gel prevents the accumulation of filaments at the front of moving beads, while segregation of nucleators reduces actin polymerization at theFront of moving vesicle.

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Published
2008-02-01
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Keywords

Vesicle, Actin, Biophysics, Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome protein, Cell biology

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