Myosin-actin interaction in Dictyostelium cells revealed by GFP-based strain sensor and validated linear spectral unmixing

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 743-750

  Iwai, Sosuke ^a,b   Uyeda, Taro Q P ^b  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Least squares; Linear unmixing; Serial correlation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MYOSIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; PROCEDURES;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DICTYOSTELIUM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MYOSINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 77955190595     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20900     Document Type: Article

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