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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2013

Take advantage of time in your experiments: a guide to simple, informative kinetics assays.

Thomas D Pollard, Enrique M De La Cruz

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Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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34 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Thomas D PollardDepartment of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8103, USA. thomas.pollard@yale.edu
Enrique M De La Cruz

Funding

Structure and function of Arp 2/3 complex--Subproject 4P01GM066311 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI LI, RONG · 2003 to 2013
$16.8M
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF CELLULAR MOTILITYR01GM026338 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI POLLARD, THOMAS D. · 1985 to 2020
$9.8M
Mechanism of cytokinesis in fission yeastR01GM026132 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI POLLARD, THOMAS D. · 1985 to 2021
$8.8M
Actin filament elasticity and actin-binding protein functionR01GM097348 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI DE LA CRUZ, ENRIQUE M · 2011 to 2018
$3.1M
ACTIN-MYOSIN INTERACTIONS IN CELL MOTILITYR37GM026132 · NIGMS · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI POLLARD, THOMAS D. · 1988 to 1997
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding virtually any process in cellular and molecular biology depends on knowledge of the rates of the biochemical reactions, so it is regrettable that few cellular and molecular biologists take advantage of kinetics experiments in their work. Fortunately, the kinetics experiments that are most useful for understanding cellular systems are within reach for everyone whose research would benefit from this information. This essay describes simple methods to measure the valuable kinetic parameters that characterize the dynamics of life processes. These "transient-state" methods not only differ in concept from traditional approaches used to analyze enzyme reactions at steady state, but they are also applicable to learning about the dynamics of any biological process.

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AlgorithmsComputer SimulationCytological TechniquesKineticsModels, BiologicalResearch Design

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PMID23580192
PMCPMC3623632

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