Fluorescent speckle microscopy, a method to visualize the dynamics of protein assemblies in living cells

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 1227-1230

  Waterman Storer, Clare M ^a   Desai, Arshad ^b   Bulinski, J Chloe ^c   Salmon, E D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032488046     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(07)00515-5     Document Type: Article

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