Cytoplasmic actin: Purification and single molecule assembly assays

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1046, Issue , 2013, Pages 145-170

  Hansen, Scott D ^a   Zuchero, J Bradley ^b   Mullins, R Dyche ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Actin polymerization assay; Cytoskeleton; Fluorimetry; Phalloidin; Pyrene; Single molecule imaging; TIRF

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; PHALLOIDIN; PYRENE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84934434194     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-538-5_9     Document Type: Article

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