Cell of the month: The vascular smooth muscle cell cytoskeleton

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CELL OF THE MONTH 598 NATURE CELL BIOLOGY VOLUME 5 | NUMBER 7 | JULY 2003 Rat smooth muscle cell that has been transfected with green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged α-actinin (green) and stained for filamentous actin and vinculin. The actin cytoskeleton was stained with Alexa-568-conjugated phalloidin (red) and vinculin immunostaining is shown in blue. The image was acquired using a fluorescence microscope (Axioskop, Zeiss). Scale bar represents 20 µm. Advisors: Ariel Ruiz i Altaba (Developmental Genetics Program, New York Medical Center) and Lelio Orci (Department of Morphology, University Medical Center, Geneva). The vascular smooth muscle cell cytoskeleton Mario Gimona, Austrian Academy of Sciences, [email protected]

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598 NATURE CELL BIOLOGY VOLUME 5 | NUMBER 7 | JULY 2003

Rat smooth muscle cell that has been transfected with green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged α-actinin (green) and stained for filamentous actinand vinculin. The actin cytoskeleton was stained with Alexa-568-conjugated phalloidin (red) and vinculin immunostaining is shown in blue. Theimage was acquired using a fluorescence microscope (Axioskop, Zeiss). Scale bar represents 20 µm.

Advisors: Ariel Ruiz i Altaba (Developmental Genetics Program, New York Medical Center) and Lelio Orci (Department of Morphology, University Medical Center, Geneva).

The vascular smooth muscle cell cytoskeletonMario Gimona, Austrian Academy of Sciences, [email protected]