D in cytoplasm relative to that in water (D/Do) of FITC-dextran in nucleus

Range 0.25±0.02 MDCK: 0.27±0.03 Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts unitless
Organism Mammalian tissue culture cell
Reference Seksek O, Biwersi J, Verkman AS. Translational diffusion of macromolecule-sized solutes in cytoplasm and nucleus. J Cell Biol. 1997 Jul 14 138(1):131-42. abstractPubMed ID9214387
Method Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP)
Comments In "cytoplasm" the meaning is probably "nucleoplasm"
Entered by Uri M
ID 108253