This peeling, or depolymerization, takes place at up to 15 microns per minute, or about 300 tubulin molecules falling off per second, Nogales said.
Indeed, the association of vRNPs with the membranes of a remodeled, expanded ER may provide an explanation for the only moderate effect of microtubule disruption or depolymerization of actin filaments on the production of infectious virions8.
The reactive block copolymers were introduced as chain extenders to eliminate thermo-hydrolysis, transesterification or depolymerization of polylactic acid (PLA) during the thermal processing.
The use of dimethyl carbonate as a scission or depolymerization agent for polysiloxane was first proposed by the authors of [24].
The analysis of the MW distribution of HA confirms that the measurement of average MW is not necessarily representing the polymerization or depolymerization of HA.
In other words, these filaments do not appear to be undergoing rapid polymerization or depolymerization.
Conversely, the activity of glutamate receptors can affect actin turnover [60] by modulating actin polymerization or depolymerization.
Cucurbitacin I caused actin aggregation in MDCK and B16-F1 cells, yet had no direct effect on purified actin polymerization or depolymerization in vitro.
Thus, the kinesin motor domain is a nucleotide-dependent engine that can be differentially tuned for transport or depolymerization functions.
Inhibitors of microtubule polymerization or depolymerization such as Vinca alkaloids and taxanes, respectively, are widely used as anti-cancer drugs.
