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. 2009 Apr 24;5(4):e1000394. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000394

Figure 7. Kinetics of VSV diffusion and capture by clathrin-coated pits.

Figure 7

(A) A graph of the diffusion (mean squared displacement) of 4 single particles relative to the time of clathrin detection (t = 0) is shown. Note the break in the Y axis to emphasize the difference between rapidly (open circles) and slowly (blue) diffusing particles. (B) A graph of the average rate of diffusion (mean square displacement) for 13 particles (n = 4 cells) tracked for 60 s prior to clathrin detection (t = 0) is shown. (C) A histogram of the time between VSV attachment and the appearance of clathrin or adaptor is shown for 98 particles (left; n = 28 cells), and compared with the simulated kinetics of random capture of VSV (middle) or LDL (right) by CCPs. The mean times to cargo capture are shown in the upper right corner of each panel.