Disruption of dynamic cell surface architecture of NIH3T3 fibroblasts by the N-terminal domains of moesin and ezrin: In vivo imaging with GFP fusion proteins

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-125

  Amieva, Manuel R ^a   Litman, Pninit ^a   Huang, Laiqiang ^a   Ichimaru, Eiji ^a   Furthmayr, Heinz ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ezrin; Filopodium; GFP; Moesin; Retraction fiber; Video imaging

Indexed keywords

EZRIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MOESIN; RADIXIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL SURFACE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FIBROBLASTS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032949862     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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