Chapter 11 Probes for Cytoskeletal Proteins

- Unlabeled and Fluorescent Actin
- Phallotoxins for F-Actin
- Properties of Phallotoxin Derivatives
- Alexa Fluor Phalloidins
- Oregon Green Phalloidins
- BODIPY Phallotoxins
- Rhodamine Phalloidin and Other Red-Fluorescent Phalloidins
- Other Labeled Phallotoxins, Including Eosin Phalloidin
- DNase I Conjugates for Staining G-Actin
- Probes and Assays for Actin Quantitation and Polymerization
- Assays for Quantitating F-Actin and G-Actin Polymerization
- Jasplakinolide A Cell-Permeant F-Actin Probe
- Latrunculin A and Latrunculin B Cell-Permeant Actin Antagonists
- Fluorescent Cytochalasins
- Cofilin An F-Actin Depolymerizing Factor
- Assays for Actin-Binding Proteins
- Data Table
- Product List

- Fluorescent Tubulin
- Tubulin-Selective Paclitaxel Probes
- Paclitaxel
- TubulinTracker Green Reagent
- Fluorescent Paclitaxel Conjugates
- More Tubulin-Selective Probes
- Antiα-Tubulin Monoclonal Antibody
- BODIPY FL Vinblastine
- Other Probes for Tubulin
- Probes for Other Cytoskeletal Proteins
- Phosphoinositides and Related Products
- AntiGlial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP) Antibody
- Anti-Desmin Antibody
- Anti-Synapsin I Antibody
- Endostatin Protein
- Data Table
- Product List
List of Tables
Table 11.1 Spectral characteristics of our F-actinselective probes
Table 11.2 Spectral characteristics of our G-actinselective probes
List of Figures
Figure 11.1 Ribbon diagram of the structure of uncomplexed actin in the ADP state
Figure 11.2 Chick embryo fibroblasts. Actin from rabbit muscle, Alexa Fluor(R) 568 conjugate and coumarin phallacidin.
Figure 11.3 Actin filaments of chick heart fibroblasts stained with rhodamine phalloidin
Figure 11.4 Fixed, permeabilized bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells labeled with Texas Red(R)-X phalloidin.
Figure 11.5 Actin filaments of the turbellarian flatworm, Archimonotresis sp. Alexa Fluor(R) 488 phalloidin.
Figure 11.6 Bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells. Alexa Fluor(R) 633 phalloidin, DiOC{6}(3) and DAPI.
Figure 11.7 Bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cell (BPAEC). Oregon Green(R) 488 phalloidin and Texas Red(R) deoxyribonuclease I.
Figure 11.8 Photostability comparison for Oregon Green 514 phalloidin and fluorescein phalloidin
Figure 11.9 Bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells. FluoCells(R) prepared slide #1.
Figure 11.10 Fibroblast and neonatal cardiomyocyte. BODIPY(R) FL phallacidin and Texas Red(R) goat antimouse IgG (H+L) antibody.
Figure 11.11 Mouse intestine. Alexa Fluor(R) 488 goat antichicken IgG conjugate, Alexa Fluor(R) 568 phalloidin and DAPI.
Figure 11.12 Cytoskeleton of a mixed population of granule neurons and glial cells. Texas Red(R)-X phalloidin and Alexa Fluor(R) 488 goat antimouse IgG.
Figure 11.13 J7473; jasplakinolide
Figure 11.14 L12370; latrunculin A
Figure 11.15 Polymerized microtubules. Oregon Green(R) 514 tubulin.
Figure 11.16 P22310; paclitaxel, Oregon Green 488 conjugate (Oregon Green 488 Taxol; Flutax-2)
Figure 11.17 Microtubules in viable HeLa cells visualized with Oregon Green(R) 488 paclitaxel.
Figure 11.18 P7500; paclitaxel, BODIPY FL conjugate (BODIPY FL Taxol)
Figure 11.19 Bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells. Alexa Fluor(R) 488 phalloidin, antiα-tubulin and Alexa Fluor(R) 594 goat antimouse IgG F(ab'){2}.
Figure 11.20 Bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cell. Antibovine α-tubulin mouse monoclonal antibody and Alexa Fluor(R) 532 goat antimouse IgG.
Figure 11.21 Zebrafish retina. Antibovine α-tubulin, biotin-XX conjugate; TSA Kit #22; Alexa Fluor(R) 647 goat antimouse IgG (H+L) conjugate; SYTOX(R) Orange nucleic acid stain.
Figure 11.22 Bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells stained with Alexa Fluor(R) 350 phalloidin, an antiα-tubulin antibody and the anticdc6 peptide antibody.
Figure 11.23 A prometaphase muntjac skin fibroblast stained with Alexa Fluor(R) 350 phalloidin, an antiα-tubulin antibody and an anticdc6 peptide antibody.
Figure 11.24 V12390; vinblastine, BODIPY FL conjugate (BODIPY FL vinblastine)
Figure 11.25 Rat brain cryosections labeled with the red-fluorescent Alexa Fluor(R) 594 conjugate of antiglial fibrillary acidic protein antibody.