Measuring actin dynamics in endothelial cells

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 385-394

  McGrath, James L ^a,b   Hartwig, John H ^b   Tardy, Yanik ^c   Dewey, C Forbes ^a,d  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Cytoskeleton; Filament turnover; Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP); Photoactivated fluorescence (PAF)

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MONOMERS; PHOTOBLEACHING; PROTEINS;

ACTIN; ACTIN DYNAMICS; CYTOSKELETONS; ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS; FILAMENT TURNOVER; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; MONOMERICS; PHOTO-ACTIVATED; PHOTOACTIVATED FLUORESCENCE;

FLUORESCENCE;

ACTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; BLEACHING; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032374051     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19981201)43:5<385::AID-JEMT5>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Review

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