Imaging exocytosis of single insulin secretory granules with TIRF microscopy

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 440, Issue , 2008, Pages 259-268

  Nagamatsu, Shinya ^a   Ohara Imaizumi, Mica ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exocytosis; Insulin; Pancreatic cells; TIRFM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934439303     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-178-9_20     Document Type: Article

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