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O. Pelletier, E. Pokidysheva, L. Hirst, N. Bouxsein, Y. Li and C. Safinya, “Structure of Actin Cross-Linked with Alpha-Actinin: A Network of Bundles,” Physical Review Letters, Vol. 91, No. 14, 2003, Article ID: 148102.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.148102

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• 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.