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Dear Mark and others,
(happy new year!)
Be aware, fp-fusions change cytoskeleton dynamics (at least for tubulin). We compared growth and shrinkage rates to other labeling methods.
Colombelli J, Reynaud EG, Rietdorf J, Pepperkok R, Stelzer EH. In vivo selective cytoskeleton dynamics quantification in interphase cells induced by pulsed ultraviolet laser nanosurgery. Traffic. 2005 Dec;6(12):1093-102.
The protein used to label actin (mentioned in other postings) to my knowledge is a construct consisting of lim domains that bind to and thereby indirectly label actin filaments. It would be interesting to see if binding of this construct to the filaments changes actin dynamics.
Fischer, M., Haase, I., Simmeth, E., Gerisch, G. and MuĻ ller-
Taubenberger, A. (2004) A brilliant monomeric red fluorescent
protein to visualize cytoskeleton dynamics in Dictyostelium. FEBS
Lett. 577, 227-232.
To improve visualisation, TIRF is the imaging method of choice for adherent cells. Otherwise use Yokogawa disk.
regards, jens
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Hello all,
Does anyone one know of commercially available GFP (or other FP's) tagged cells, with a preference for cytoskeletal tagged proteins ?
Thanks
Marc
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