Site-directed mutagenesis enabled preparation of a functional fluorescent analog of profilin: Biochemical characterization and localization in living cells

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 313-323

  Tarachandani, Anil ^a   Wang, Yu Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

actin assembly; fluorescence spectroscopy; microinjection

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5 BISPHOSPHATE; PROFILIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; EPITHELIUM; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROINJECTIONS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROFILINS; RATS; RHODAMINES;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029737363     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1996)34:4<313::AID-CM6>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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