Tracking single kinesin molecules in the cytoplasm of mammalian cells

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4137-4144

  Cai, Dawen ^a,b   Verhey, Kristen J ^a,b   Meyhöfer, Edgar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; PROTEIN TAG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CELL STRAIN COS1; CELL TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MACROMOLECULE; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34250372604     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.100206     Document Type: Article

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