Imaging of dynamic changes of the actin cytoskeleton in microextensions of live NIH3T3 cells with a GFP fusion of the F-actin binding domain of moesin

BMC Cell Biology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Litman, Pninit ^a   Amieva, Manuel Ricardo ^a   Furthmayr, Heinz ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN D; F ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MOESIN; RHO FACTOR;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FILOPODIUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE FUSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LAMELLIPODIUM; MICROFILAMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS FIBER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2342549238     PISSN: 14712121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-1-1     Document Type: Article

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