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Nature Cell Biology 2, 376–378 (1 June 2000) | doi:10.1038/35014075

Latrunculin alters the actin-monomer subunit interface to prevent polymerization

Walter M. Morton , Kathryn R. Ayscough & Paul J. McLaughlin

Latrunculin-A is a drug that is capable of rapidly, reversibly and specifically disrupting the actin cytoskeleton. The efficacy of its action has made it a compound of choice in many cell-biology laboratories, supplanting the classic actin-depolymerizing drug cytochalasin-D.