How to analyze electron micrographs of rafts of actin filaments crosslinked by actin-binding proteins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1039-1050

  Sukow, Catherine ^a   DeRosier, David ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Bundles; Cytoskeleton; Helices; Image analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032509093     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2211     Document Type: Article

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