Simultaneous measurements of actin filament turnover, filament fraction, and monomer diffusion in endothelial cells

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2070-2078

  McGrath, J L ^a,b   Tardy, Y ^c   Dewey Jr , C F ^b   Meister, J J ^c   Hartwig, J H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CELL MOTILITY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 0031660704     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77649-0     Document Type: Article

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