Actin dynamics in living mammalian cells

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1649-1658

  Ballestrem, Christoph ^a   Wehrle Haller, Bernhard ^a   Imhof, Beat A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actin filament; Cell adhesion; Cell migration; EGFP actin

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CYTOCHALASIN B; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LAMELLIPODIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3T3 CELLS; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CYTOSKELETON; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICROFILAMENTS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031821794     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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