| Literature DB >> 17828271 |
Philipp J Keller1, Francesco Pampaloni, Ernst H K Stelzer.
Abstract
We present an experimental investigation of microtubule dynamic instability in three dimensions, based on laser light-sheet fluorescence microscopy. We introduce three-dimensional (3D) preparation of Xenopus laevis egg extracts in Teflon-based cylinders and provide algorithms for 3D image processing. Our approach gives experimental access to the intrinsic dynamic properties of microtubules and to microtubule population statistics in single asters. We obtain evidence for a stochastic nature of microtubule pausing.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17828271 DOI: 10.1038/nmeth1087
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Methods ISSN: 1548-7091 Impact factor: 28.547