Dynamic Actin
The "barbed" end is at bottom and the "pointed" end is at top. Subunits in filament at time zero are coloured red.
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The choice buttons let you set the rate constants.
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Start, starts applet with rate constants you have set. ( Green spheres
represent actin monomers)
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Restart sets filament size back to 14 subunits.
(1) Experiment with setting all rate constants equal - does filament
grow, shrink or fluctuate around an equilibrium length?
(2) Set off-rate for pointed and barbed to zero - can you observe treadmilling?
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