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Using Microfluidics and Fluorescence Microscopy to Study the Assembly Dynamics of Single Actin Filaments and Bundles
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Bioquímica
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JoVE Journal Bioquímica
Using Microfluidics and Fluorescence Microscopy to Study the Assembly Dynamics of Single Actin Filaments and Bundles

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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Capítulos

  • 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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