Unravelling the structure of the lamellipodium

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 231, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 479-485

  Small, J V ^a   Auinger, S ^a   Nemethova, M ^a   Koestler, S ^a   Goldie, K N ^c,d   Hoenger, A ^d,e   Resch, G P ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Arp2 3; Branching electron microscopy; Lamellipodium; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROTEINS; SPECKLE;

'CURRENT; ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTIN FILAMENT; ARP2/3; BRANCHING ANGLES; BRANCHING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYO-ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; DRIED CELLS; LAMELLIPODIA; STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; LAMELLIPODIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

EID: 50649106845     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.02060.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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