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Time lapse series shows short dynamin assemblies (not visible) constricting a lipid tube to make a "beads on a string" appearance, then cutting off one of the beads i.e., catalyzing membrane fission). The lipids are fluorescent (artificially colored). Ramachandran R, Pucadyil T.J., Liu Y.W., Acharya S., Leonard M., Lukiyanchuk V., Schmid S.L. 2009. Membrane insertion of the pleckstrin homology domain variable loop 1 is critical for dynamin-catalyzed vesicle scission. Mol Biol Cell. 2009 20:4630-9.
Ramachandran, Pucadyil et al. , The Scripps Research Institute
Rajesh Ramachandran, Thomas J. Pucadyil, Ya-Wen Liu, Sharmistha Acharya, Marilyn Leonard, Vasyl Lukiyanchuk, and Sandra L. Schmid, The Scripps Research Institute
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