A GFP-mouse talin fusion protein labels plant actin filaments in vivo and visualizes the actin cytoskeleton in growing pollen tubes

Plant Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 393-401

  Kost, Benedikt ^a   Spielhofer, Pius ^a   Chua, Nam Hai ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING DOMAIN; ACTIN; CELL ELONGATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PLANT GROWTH; POLLEN TUBE; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RHODAMINE PHALLOIDIN; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE; TOBACCO;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL LINE; CYTOSKELETON; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TALIN; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0032213954     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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