Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) with a focus on F-actin

Current Protocols in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.61, 2012, Pages

  Hardy, Lori R ^a  

^a PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; FRAP; GFP; Protein mobility

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ACTIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GENE MUTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL CULTURE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; TIME;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; CELLS, CULTURED; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84874165738     PISSN: 19348584     EISSN: 19348576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142301.ns0217s61     Document Type: Article

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