Quantitative measurement of F-actin accumulation at the NK cell immunological synapse

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 355, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Banerjee, Pinaki P ^a   Orange, Jordan S ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; F actin; Immunological synapse; NK cells; Quantitative imaging

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; F ACTIN; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ACTINS; ALGORITHMS; CELLS, CULTURED; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSES; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77951203795     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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