Article citationsMore>>
H. Sanchez, Y. Suzuki, M. Yokokawa, K. Takeyasu and C. Wyman, “Protein-DNA Interactions in High Speed AFM: Single Molecule Diffusion Analysis of Human RAD54,” Integrative Biology (Camb), Vol. 3, No. 11, 2011, pp. 1127-1134.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c1ib00039j
has been cited by the following article:
-
TITLE:
AFM Investigation of the Organization of Actin Bundles Formed by Actin-Binding Proteins
AUTHORS:
Jamie L. Gilmore, Masahiro Kumeta, Kunio Takeyasu
KEYWORDS:
F-Actin; Caprice; α-Actinin
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Surface Engineered Materials and Advanced Technology,
Vol.3 No.4A,
October
22,
2013
ABSTRACT: AFM is a
powerful technique for revealing the morphological features of various
biological systems at high resolution. However, one of the complications of AFM is that
samples must be attached to a flat surface in order to obtain images. This often requires the
development of specialized methods depending on the sample which is being used.
In this study, we developed a novel technique to image actin bundles on the
mica surface. Using this technique, we were able to image molecular assemblies
of F-actin with two actin remodeling proteins: α-actinin and Caprice. High resolution AFM images of F-actin fibers and bundle organization
depicted two different types of molecular assemblies: F-actin bundles forming
an elongated “zipper” structure in the presence of α-actinin, and bundles forming a perpendicularly crossing the mesh structure in the presence of
Caprice.