Don'T blink: observing the ultra-fast contraction of spasmonemes

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA. wmarshall@biochem.ucsf.edu

Comment

Wallace F Marshall. Biophys J. 2008.

. 2008 Jan 1;94(1):4-5.

doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.118166. Epub 2007 Oct 12.

¹ Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA. wmarshall@biochem.ucsf.edu

No abstract available

Comment on

Power-limited contraction dynamics of Vorticella convallaria: an ultrafast biological spring.
Upadhyaya A, Baraban M, Wong J, Matsudaira P, van Oudenaarden A, Mahadevan L. Upadhyaya A, et al. Biophys J. 2008 Jan 1;94(1):265-72. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.108852. Epub 2007 Oct 12. Biophys J. 2008. PMID: 17933875 Free PMC article.

1. Upadhyaya, A., M. Baraban, J. Wong, P. Matsudaira, A. van Oudenaarden, and L. Mahadevan. 2007. Power-limited contraction dynamics of Vorticella convallaria: an ultra-fast biological spring. Biophys. J. 94:265–272. - PMC - PubMed
1. Jaffe, L. F., and R. Créton. 1998. On the conservation of calcium wave speeds. Cell Calcium. 24:1–8. - PubMed
1. Ciblis, P., and I. Cosic. 1997. The possibility of soliton/exciton transfer in proteins. J. Theor. Biol. 184:331–338. - PubMed
1. Edwards, C., S. B. Palmer, P. Emsley, J. R. Helliwell, I. D. Glover, G. W. Harris, and D. S. Moss. 1990. Thermal motion in protein crystals estimated using laser-generated ultrasound and Young's modulus measurements. Acta Crystallogr. A. 46:315–320.
1. McFadden, G. I., D. Schulze, B. Surek, J. L. Salisbury, and M. Melkonian. 1987. Basal body reorientation mediated by a Ca2+-modulated contractile protein. J. Cell Biol. 105:903–912. - PMC - PubMed