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Theoretical model of mitotic spindle microtubule growth for FRAP curve interpretation. / Omelyanchuk, Leonid V.; Munzarova, Alina F.
In: BMC Systems Biology, Vol. 11, No. Suppl 1, 3, 24.02.2017, p. 378.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Theoretical model of mitotic spindle microtubule growth for FRAP curve interpretation
AU - Omelyanchuk, Leonid V.
AU - Munzarova, Alina F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2017 The Author(s).
PY - 2017/2/24
Y1 - 2017/2/24
N2 - Background: Spindle FRAP curves depend on the kinetic parameters of microtubule polymerization and depolymerization. The empirical FRAP curve proposed earlier permits determination of only one such dynamic parameter, commonly called the "tubulin turnover". The aim of our study was to build a FRAP curve based on an already known kinetic model of microtubule growth. Results: A numerical expression that describes the distribution of polymerizing and depolymerizing microtubule ends as a function of four kinetic parameters is presented. In addition, a theoretical FRAP curve for the metaphase spindle is constructed using previously published dynamic parameters. Conclusion: The numerical expression we elaborated can replace the empirical FRAP curve described earlier for a spindle comprising fluorescently marked microtubules. The curve we generated fits well the experimental data.
AB - Background: Spindle FRAP curves depend on the kinetic parameters of microtubule polymerization and depolymerization. The empirical FRAP curve proposed earlier permits determination of only one such dynamic parameter, commonly called the "tubulin turnover". The aim of our study was to build a FRAP curve based on an already known kinetic model of microtubule growth. Results: A numerical expression that describes the distribution of polymerizing and depolymerizing microtubule ends as a function of four kinetic parameters is presented. In addition, a theoretical FRAP curve for the metaphase spindle is constructed using previously published dynamic parameters. Conclusion: The numerical expression we elaborated can replace the empirical FRAP curve described earlier for a spindle comprising fluorescently marked microtubules. The curve we generated fits well the experimental data.
KW - Fluorescently marked tubulin
KW - FRAP (fluorescence recovery after photobleaching)
KW - Growing/shrinking microtubule ends
KW - Microtubules
KW - Mitotic spindle
KW - PDE (partial differential equation)
KW - Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching
KW - Models, Biological
KW - Spindle Apparatus/metabolism
KW - Microtubules/metabolism
KW - FLUX
KW - ANAPHASE-B
KW - DYNAMICS
KW - SWITCH
KW - TUBULIN
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85013743375&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1186/s12918-016-0378-9
DO - 10.1186/s12918-016-0378-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 28466790
AN - SCOPUS:85013743375
VL - 11
SP - 378
JO - BMC Systems Biology
JF - BMC Systems Biology
SN - 1752-0509
IS - Suppl 1
M1 - 3
ER -
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