Single molecule imaging of green fluorescent proteins in living cells: E-cadherin forms oligomers on the free cell surface

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2667-2677

  Iino, Ryota ^a   Koyama, Ikuko ^b   Kusumi, Akihiro ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURFACE; CYTOSKELETON; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGING SYSTEM; L CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034995774     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76236-4     Document Type: Article

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