A new polarized fluorescent probe for revealing architectural dynamics of living cells
Loading video... VIDEO: Time-lapse movies of the polarized fluorescence imaging during the first cleavage of a starfish embryo expressing POLArIS that specifically binds to F-actin in a rotationally constrained manner (the same egg... view more Credit: Department of Neuroanatomy and Cellular Neurobiology,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), collaborating with scientists from the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and RIKEN, develop a novel technique for live-cell fluorescent imaging which leads them to discover a new actin structure in starfish early embry...
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