Web focus
- Imaging
Welcome to The EMBO Journal's 2006 web focus on imaging. This review series highlights imaging of biological membranes, the dynamics of protein structure, gene expression, cell polarity and cell migration — accompanied by a selection of movies from our archive, linked to the articles in which they originally appeared.
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Editorial
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Let's go to the movies FREE
The EMBO Journal (2006), 25, - 3445 | doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7601200
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Reviews
Top of pageVisualizing polynucleotide polymerase machines at work FREE
The EMBO Journal (2006), 25, - 3458–3468 | doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7601211
This review article sums up our current knowledge on the conformational changes that polynucleotide polymerases undergo during the reaction cycle. Movies are provided that allow the reader to "watch" the enzymes in action.
Gene expression within a dynamic nuclear landscape FREE
The EMBO Journal (2006), 25, - 3469–3479 | doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7601226
This review article focuses on the application of non-invasive single cell imaging approaches to reveal the dynamic nature of gene expression and elucidate how chromatin, nucleosomes and the transcriptional machinery work together at gene loci and sites of transcription.
Imaging of cell migration FREE
The EMBO Journal (2006), 25, - 3480–3493 | doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7601227
This review provides a comprehensive overview of the imaging techniques used to analyze cell motility and illustrates how these techniques have been used to characterize chemotaxis in dictyostelium and cell migration in the chick embryo.
Dynamics in the plasma membrane: how to combine fluidity and order FREE
The EMBO Journal (2006), 25, - 3446–3457 | doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7601204
Marguet and colleagues provide a detailed account of the physicochemical aspects of membrane dynamics, the imaging technologies available for its investigation and the impact of lateral diffusion on signal transduction.
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See also
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Modeling the early stages of vascular network assembly
The EMBO Journal (2003), 22, - 1771–1779 | doi:10.1093/emboj/cdg176
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The Drosophila hairy RNA localization signal modulates the kinetics of cytoplasmic mRNA transport
The EMBO Journal (2003), 22, - 2484–2494 | doi:10.1093/emboj/cdg230
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Direct imaging of lateral movements of AMPA receptors inside synapses
The EMBO Journal (2003), 22, - 4656–4665 | doi:10.1093/emboj/cdg463
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Prickle and Strabismus form a functional complex to generate a correct axis during planar cell polarity signaling
The EMBO Journal (2003), 22, - 4409–4420 | doi:10.1093/emboj/cdg424
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Mechanism controlling perpendicular alignment of the spindle to the axis of cell division in fission yeast
The EMBO Journal (2004), 23, - 1289–1300 | doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600156
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DIP (mDia interacting protein) is a key molecule regulating Rho and Rac in a Src-dependent manner
The EMBO Journal (2004), 23 | - 760–771, doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600095
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Phosphorylation of BCL-2 regulates ER Ca2+ homeostasis and apoptosis
The EMBO Journal (2004), 23, - 1207–1216 | doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600104
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Sra-1 and Nap1 link Rac to actin assembly driving lamellipodia formation
The EMBO Journal (2004), 23, - 749–759 | doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600084
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Endoplasmic reticulum BIK initiates DRP1-regulated remodelling of mitochondrial cristae during apoptosis
The EMBO Journal (2005), 24, - 1546–1556 | doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600592
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TI-VAMP/VAMP7 is required for optimal phagocytosis of opsonised particles in macrophages
The EMBO Journal (2004), 23 | - 4166–4176, doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600427
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A novel mechanism of nuclear envelope break-down in a fungus: nuclear migration strips off the envelope
The EMBO Journal (2005), 24, - 1674–1685 | doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600644
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Rab11-FIP3 and FIP4 interact with Arf6 and the Exocyst to control membrane traffic in cytokinesis
The EMBO Journal (2005), 24, - 3389–3399 | doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600803
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Multistep and multimode cortical anchoring of tea1p at cell tips in fission yeast
The EMBO Journal (2005), 24, - 3690–3699 | doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600838
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Ca2+ spikes in the flagellum control chemotactic behavior of sperm
The EMBO Journal (2005), 24, - 2741–2752 | doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600744
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The Bud14p-Glc7p complex functions as a cortical regulator of dynein in budding yeast
The EMBO Journal (2005), 24, - 3000–3011 | doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600783
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TRPM7, a novel regulator of actomyosin contractility and cell adhesion
The EMBO Journal (2006), 25, - 290–301 | doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600931
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Unstable microtubule capture at kinetochores depleted of the centromere-associated protein CENP-F
The EMBO Journal (2005), 24, - 3927–3939 | doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600848
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Dynamic study of the transition from hyaluronan- to integrin-mediated adhesion in chondrocytes
The EMBO Journal (2006), 25, - 302–311 | doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600960
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The Ctf18 RFC-like complex positions yeast telomeres but does not specify their replication time
The EMBO Journal (2006), 25, - 1505–1514 | doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7601038
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Seeing is understanding: Improvements in computer software and hardware are revolutionizing three-dimensional imaging in biology
EMBO reports (2006), 7, - 467–470 | doi:10.1038/sj.embor.7400695
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