Development of a fluorescent F-actin blot overlay assay for detection of F-actin binding proteins

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 310, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-71

  Hitt, Anne L ^a   Laing, Suzette D ^a   Olson, Stacey ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Actin binding proteins; Alexa 488; Blot overlay; Fluorescence; Non isotopic; P30a; Ponticulin

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION; CELLS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOBLEACHING;

ACTIN; ACTIN-BINDING PROTEINS; ALEXA 488; BLOT OVERLAY; NON-ISOTOPIC; P30A; PONTICULIN;

PROTEINS;

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; F ACTIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; IODINE 125; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ENDOCYTOSIS; FLUORESCENCE; FREEZE DRYING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LASER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STORAGE;

ALEXA; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 0036855741     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-2697(02)00280-4     Document Type: Article

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