Reconstitution and Quantification of Dynamic Microtubule End Tracking In Vitro Using TIRF Microscopy

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 777, Issue , 2011, Pages 127-145

  Telley, Ivo A ^a   Bieling, Peter ^b   Surrey, Thomas ^c  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

+TIPs; CLIP 170; EB1; Microtubule end tracking; Single molecule imaging; TIRF microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MICROTUBULE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULES; SWINE;

EID: 79960906225     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-252-6_10     Document Type: Chapter

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