Can inanimate objects run along the field formed in actin filaments?
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Unidirectional sliding of myosin filaments along the bundle of F-actin filaments spontaneously formed during superprecipitation
I reported previously (Higashi-Fujime, S., 1982, Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol., 46:69-75) that active movements of fibrils composed of F-actin and myosin filaments occurred after superprecipitation in the presence of ATP at low ionic strengths. When the concentration of MgCl2 in the medium used in the above experiment was raised to 20-26 mM, bundles of F-actin filaments, in addition to ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Seibutsu Butsuri
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0582-4052,1347-4219
DOI: 10.2142/biophys.43.s19_1