Width of lamellipodium in epithelial keratocytes

Range 5 to 15 μm
Organism Goldfish Carassius spp.
Reference Theriot JA, Mitchison TJ. Actin microfilament dynamics in locomoting cells. Nature. 1991 Jul 11 352(6331):126-31. doi:10.1038/352126a0 p.128 right column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID2067574
Method Rhodamine-phalloidin staining
Comments "The lamellipodium of goldfish epithelial keratocytes is typically about 5-15 wide and contains a fairly uniform distribution of actin microfilaments as visualized by rhodamine-phalloidin staining."
Entered by Uri M
ID 109823