Incorporation of mammalian actin into microfilaments in plant cell nucleus

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Paves, Heiti ^a,b   Truve, Erkki ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND BIOPHYSICS   (Estonia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHALLOIDIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; RHODAMINE; TALIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; MOUSE; ONION; PLANT EPIDERMIS; RABBIT;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; ONIONS; PHALLOIDINE; PLANT EPIDERMIS; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHODAMINES; TALIN;

EID: 2942624222     PISSN: 14712229     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-4-7     Document Type: Article

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