Dynamics of the CapG actin-binding protein in the cell nucleus studied by FRAP and FCS

Chromosome Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 427-437

  Renz, Malte ^a,b   Langowski, Jörg ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin binding protein; Breast cancer; Intranuclear mobility; Live cell analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN CAPG; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALIBRATION; CANCER CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 43149125446     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-008-1234-6     Document Type: Article

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