Methods to measure actin treadmilling rate in dendritic spines

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 505, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-58

  Koskinen, Mikko ^a   Bertling, Enni ^a   Hotulainen, Pirta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Actin treadmilling; Dendritic spines; FRAP; Photoactivation; Primary neurons

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; F ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITIC SPINE; DEPOLYMERIZATION; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; TRANSIENT TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84856496203     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: 15577988     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-388448-0.00011-5     Document Type: Chapter

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