Organization of Actin Networks in Intact Filopodia

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-84

  Medalia, Ohad ^a,b   Beck, Martin ^a   Ecke, Mary ^a   Weber, Igor ^a   Neujahr, Ralph ^a   Baumeister, Wolfgang ^a   Gerisch, Günther ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

CELLBIO

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DICTYOSTELIUM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOPODIUM; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DICTYOSTELIUM; MOVEMENT; PSEUDOPODIA; TOMOGRAPHY;

DICTYOSTELIUM;

EID: 33845866342     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.11.022     Document Type: Article

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