DeActs: genetically encoded tools for perturbing the actin cytoskeleton in single cells
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2017
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Harterink, Martin
Santos Esteves da Silva, M.
Will, Lena
Turan, Julia
Ibrahim, Adiljan
Lang, Alexander E
Van Battum, Eljo Y
Pasterkamp, R Jeroen
Kapitein, Lukas C.
Kudryashov, Dmitri
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Abstract
The actin cytoskeleton is essential for many fundamental biological processes, but tools for directly manipulating actin dynamics are limited to cell-permeable drugs that preclude single-cell perturbations. Here we describe DeActs, genetically encoded actin-modifying polypeptides, which effectively induce actin disassembly in eukaryotic cells. We demonstrate that DeActs are universal tools for studying the actin cytoskeleton in single cells in culture, tissues, and multicellular organisms including various neurodevelopmental model systems.
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cell culture, cell migration, cellular neuroscience, cytoskeleton, neurogenesis, Taverne
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Harterink, M, Santos Esteves da Silva, M, Will, L, Turan, J, Ibrahim, A, Lang, A E, Van Battum, E Y, Pasterkamp, R J, Kapitein, L C, Kudryashov, D, Barres, B A, Hoogenraad, C C & Zuchero, J B 2017, 'DeActs : genetically encoded tools for perturbing the actin cytoskeleton in single cells', Nature Methods, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 479-482. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.4257