2019
Plastic Deformation and Fragmentation of Strained Actin Filaments
Schramm AC, Hocky GM, Voth GA, Martiel JL, De La Cruz EM. Plastic Deformation and Fragmentation of Strained Actin Filaments. Biophysical Journal 2019, 117: 453-463. PMID: 31301801, PMCID: PMC6697348, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.06.018.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Actin Filament Strain Promotes Severing and Cofilin Dissociation
Schramm AC, Hocky GM, Voth GA, Blanchoin L, Martiel JL, De La Cruz EM. Actin Filament Strain Promotes Severing and Cofilin Dissociation. Biophysical Journal 2017, 112: 2624-2633. PMID: 28636918, PMCID: PMC5479148, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.05.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContinuum mechanics modelStrain energy distributionMechanical propertiesMechanics modelFilament twistingEnhanced spatial resolutionFilament mechanical propertiesElastic energyTorsional rigidityShape deformationSpatial resolutionContinuum modelTorsional flexibilityFilament bendingCofilactin filamentsDynamics simulationsMolecular dynamics simulationsBucklingCofilin-decorated segmentsDeformationBendingBoundariesEnergy distributionLoadFilament model