Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 11, Issue 9, Pages 3676-3680Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nl201630y
Keywords
Holographic optical tweezers; filamentous actin; counterion condensation; depletion interaction
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Bundles of filamentous actin are dominant cytoskeletal structures, which play a crucial role in various cellular processes. As yet quantifying the fundamental interaction between two individual actin filaments forming the smallest possible bundle has not been realized. Applying holographic optical tweezers integrated with a microfluidic platform, we were able to measure the forces between two actin filaments during bundle formation. Quantitative analysis yields forces up to 0.2 pN depending on the concentration of bundling agents.
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