Quantitative Analysis of the Mechanism of Endocytic Actin Patch Assembly and Disassembly in Fission Yeast
Sirotkin V, Berro J, Macmillan K, Zhao L, Pollard TD. Quantitative Analysis of the Mechanism of Endocytic Actin Patch Assembly and Disassembly in Fission Yeast. Molecular Biology Of The Cell 2010, 21: 2894-2904. PMID: 20587778, PMCID: PMC2921122, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e10-02-0157.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFission yeastActin assemblyActin patch assemblyEndocytic actin patchesEndocytic adaptor proteinActivators of Arp2/3Plasma membrane invaginationsRecruitment of dynaminQuantitative confocal microscopyActin filament fragmentationActin patchesArp2/3 complexPatch assemblyAdaptor proteinMembrane invaginationsCross-linked filamentsFluorescent proteinClathrin moleculesFilament fragmentationProteinConfocal microscopyYeastBranched networkIndividual patchesAssembly