About the Authors

David Van Goor

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Callen Hyland

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Andrew W. Schaefer

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Paul Forscher

paul.forscher@yale.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

Paul Forscher was a “Nikon Partner in Research” during some of the period this research was conducted. This program gave his group access to loaned imaging equipment for the experiments. There was no personal compensation involved nor did the agreement in any way infringe on the freedom to share and publish the authors' scientific results. Moreover, this agreement does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DVG CH AWS. Performed the experiments: DVG CH AWS. Analyzed the data: DVG CH PF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DVG. Wrote the paper: DVG CH AWS PF. Wrote ROI based algorithm used in actin filament turnover analysis: DVG. Analysis of G-actin spatial profiles: DVG PF.