Tissue inducible Lifeact expression allows visualization of actin dynamics in vivo and ex vivo

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 91, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 923-929

  Schachtner, Hannah ^a   Li, Ang ^a   Stevenson, David ^a   Calaminus, Simon D J ^a   Thomas, Steven G ^b   Watson, Steve P ^b   Sixt, Michael ^c   Wedlich Soldner, Roland ^d   Strathdee, Douglas ^a   Machesky, Laura M ^a  

^a BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin dynamics; Cell migration; Cytokinesis; Cytoskeleton; Imaging; Motility

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; F ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PEPTIDE; RAC1 PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETON; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPLANT; IN VIVO STUDY; MEGAKARYOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOPODIUM; SKIN; THROMBOCYTE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; YEAST;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOKINESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROPEPTIDES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PEPTIDES; PSEUDOPODIA; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84867404050     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: 16181298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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