Morphological study of fibroblasts treated with cytochalasin D and colchicine using a confocal laser scanning microscopy

Journal of Physiological Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 499-506

  Ujihara, Yoshihiro ^a   Miyazaki, Hiroshi ^a   Wada, Shigeo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell; Cell volume; Imaging; Mechanics

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL VOLUME; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; MICROTUBULE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; COLCHICINE; CYTOCHALASIN D; FIBROBLASTS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROTUBULES; RABBITS; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

EID: 58149277540     PISSN: 18806546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/physiolsci.RP007708     Document Type: Article

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