Figure 2
From: Response of an actin network in vesicles under electric pulses
The relaxation dynamics of GUVs with and without an encapsulated actin shell. (A) The dynamics of a non-porated empty GUV, where deformation and a single relaxation (τ1) is observed. The blue dotted lines in the snapshots of A1–A3 show the results of the tracking method used to determine radii a and b. (B) The dynamics of a porated empty GUV, where a pore is observed together with a double relaxation (τ2 and τ3). (C) The dynamics of a porated actin-encapsulated GUV where no macropore is observed, and only a single relaxation (τ2). The relaxation times are obtained from exponential fits to the deformation data, as explained in the text. The scale bar in all images is 5 μm. The definitions of non-porated and porated GUVs are explained in the text.
