Exchangeability of actin in cardiac myocytes and fibroblasts as determined by fluorescence photobleaching recovery

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 274-280

  Suzuki, H ^a   Komiyama, M ^a   Konno, A ^a   Shimada, Y ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Muscle actin; Myofibril; Non muscle actin; Stress fiber

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; RHODAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CHICKEN; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HEART CELL CULTURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STABILITY;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0031923614     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(98)80076-1     Document Type: Article

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