[WS01] Workshop 01 Cell structure / Cell polarity / Cytoskeleton / Cell Motility (1)

[WS01-05] Single actin filaments observation revealed that Latrunculin A depolymerizes actin filaments in addition to sequestering actin monomers

*Ikuko Fujiwara¹, Mark E. Zweifel², Naomi Courtemanche², Thomas D. Pollard³ (1. Frontier Research Institute for Materials Science, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan, 2. Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA, 3. Department of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, PO Box 208103, New Haven, CT 06520-8103 USA)

Keywords:actin, Latrunculin A, polymerization and depolymerization, single actin filaments observation, thermodynamics