Light microscopic analysis of ligand-induced actin filament suprastructures

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 351-355

  Korneeva, Nadya L ^a,b   Jockusch, Brigitte M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Actin bundling; Actin gelation; Fluorescence microscopy; Viscometry

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; F ACTIN; LIGAND;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOMETRY; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALIA; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 0029910471     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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