Visualising the actin cytoskeleton

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-17

  Small, J Victor ^a   Rottner, Klemens ^a   Hahne, Penelope ^a   Anderson, Kurt I ^b  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b MARIE CURIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actin; Cytoskeleton dynamics; Digital microscopy; GFP

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; PROTEINS;

ACTIN; ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPES; CYTOSKELETON DYNAMIC; CYTOSKELETONS; DIGITAL MICROSCOPY; GFP; MATRIX; SHAPE DETERMINATION;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE PREPARATION;

EID: 0032825720     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19991001)47:1<3::AID-JEMT2>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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