Anti-actin antibodies generated against profilin: Actin distinguish between non-filamentous and filamentous actin, and label cultured cells in a dotted pattern

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 413-423

  Grenklo, Staffan ^a   Johansson, Thomas ^a   Bertilson, Louise ^a   Karlsson, Roger ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Fluorescence microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Microfilament dynamics; Profilin actin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; PROFILIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LABELING; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 4744355217     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0171-9335-00400     Document Type: Article

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