Cytoplasmic viscosity near the cell plasma membrane: Translational diffusion of a small fluorescent solute measured by total internal reflection-fluorescence photobleaching recovery

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 1140-1151

  Swaminathan, R ^a   Bicknese, S ^a   Periasamy, N ^a,b   Verkman, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,7 BIS(CARBOXYETHYL) 6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL CELL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSOL; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029782661     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79316-5     Document Type: Article

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