Visualization of cortex organization and dynamics in microorganisms, using total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 63, 2012, Pages

  Spira, Felix ^a   Dominguez Escobar, Julia ^a   Müller, Nikola ^a,b   Wedlich Söldner, Roland ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b Helmholtz Zentrum München German Research Center for Environmental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioengineering; Cell cortex; Imaging; Microscopy; TIRF; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84863772176     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3982     Document Type: Article

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