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Using Microfluidics and Fluorescence Microscopy to Study the Assembly Dynamics of Single Actin Filaments and Bundles
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生物化学
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JoVE 杂志 生物化学
Using Microfluidics and Fluorescence Microscopy to Study the Assembly Dynamics of Single Actin Filaments and Bundles
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08:02 min

May 05, 2022

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Chapters

  • 00:04Introduction
  • 00:40Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) Chamber Assembly
  • 01:45Connect Microfluidic Device
  • 03:11Configuring the Setup with Standard Flow Rates and Changing Solution
  • 04:21Basic Single Filament Experiment: Adenosine Diphosphate (ADP)-Actin Barbed End Depolymerization
  • 06:45Results: Polymerization of Actin Filaments from Spectrin-Actin Seeds when Exposed to Different Actin Binding Proteins
  • 07:24Conclusion

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We present protocols for simple actin filament microfluidic assays, in combination with fluorescence microscopy, that allow one to accurately monitor individual actin filaments in real-time while sequentially exposing them to different protein solutions.

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