Multiple-particle tracking measurements of heterogeneities in solutions of actin filaments and actin bundles

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 1095-1106

  Apgar, Joshua ^a   Tseng, Yiider ^a   Fedorov, Elena ^b   Herwig, Matthew B ^a   Almo, Steve C ^b   Wirtz, Denis ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0033891387     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76363-6     Document Type: Article

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