F- and G-actin concentrations in lamellipodia of moving cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Koestler, Stefan A ^a   Rottner, Klemens ^b   Lai, Frank ^b   Block, Jennifer ^b   Vinzenz, Marlene ^a   Small, J Victor ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; G ACTIN; TRITON X 100; ACTIN; BIOPOLYMER; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LAMELLIPODIUM; MELANOMA CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; ANIMAL; BLEACHING; CELL MOTION; CHEMISTRY; EXPERIMENTAL MELANOMA; MELANOCYTE; MICROFILAMENT; PATHOLOGY; PSEUDOPODIUM; TUMOR CELL LINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOPOLYMERS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PHOTOBLEACHING; PSEUDOPODIA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 62849096355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004810     Document Type: Article

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