Using plustiptracker software to measure microtubule dynamics in xenopus laevis growth cones

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 91, 2014, Pages

  Stout, Alina ^a   D'Amico, Salvatore ^a   Enzenbacher, Tiffany ^a   Ebbert, Patrick ^a   Lowery, Laura Anne ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

EB1; Growth cone; Issue 91; Live cell imaging analysis; Microtubule dynamics; Microtubule plus end tracking proteins; Molecular Biology; PlusTipTracker; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

EB1 MICROTUBULE BINDING PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENETICS; GROWTH CONE; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GROWTH CONES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SOFTWARE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84908274986     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/52138     Document Type: Article

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