Probing f-actin flow by tracking shape fluctuations of radial bundles in lamellipodia of motile cells

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 191-201

  Danuser, Gaudenz ^a,b   Oldenbourg, R ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; GEOMETRY; GROWTH CONE; LAMELLIPODIUM; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; APLYSIA;

EID: 0033932835     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76283-7     Document Type: Article

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