Direct determination of actin polarity in the cell

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 419, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 359-368

  Narita, Akihiro ^a   Mueller, Jan ^b   Urban, Edit ^b   Vinzenz, Marlene ^b   Small, J Victor ^b   Maéda, Yuichiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

actin filament; cytoskeleton; electron tomography; image analysis; polarity of the actin filament

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; MYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL STRUCTURE; CORNEA CELL; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAMELLIPODIUM; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84861530044     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.03.015     Document Type: Article

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