1 Super Resolution Imaging of the Actin Cytoskeleton in Living Cells Using TIRF-SIM
Torsten Wöllert and George M. Langford
2 Imaging Cytoskeleton Components by Electron Microscopy
Tatyana Svitkina
3 Imaging the Actin Cytoskeleton in Live Budding Yeast Cells
Cierra N. Sing, Emily J. Yang, Theresa C. Swayne, Ryo Higuchi-Sanabria, Catherine A. Tsang, Istvan R. Boldogh, and Liza A. Pon
4 Imaging the Actin Cytoskeleton in Fixed Budding Yeast Cells
Cierra N. Sing, Emily J. Yang, Ryo Higuchi-Sanabria, Liza A. Pon, Istvan R. Boldogh, and Theresa C. Swayne
5 Imaging of actin cytoskeletal integrity during aging in C. elegans
Gilberto Garcia, Stefan Homentcovschi, Naame Kelet, and Ryo Higuchi-Sanabria
6 Imaging the Cytoskeleton in Living Plant Roots
Chenglin Chai, Sabrina Chin, and Elison B. Blancaflor
7 Imaging of Actin Cytoskeleton in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
Shoichiro Ono
8 Imaging of the Cytoskeleton using Live and Fixed Drosophila Tissue Culture Cells
Derek A. Applewhite, Christine A. Lacy, Eric R. Griffis, and Omar A. Quintero
PART II CYTOSKELETON DYNAMICS
9 Influencing the Actin-Dynamics in Plant Cells by Jasplakinolide, Chondramides, Phalloidin, Cytochalasins, and Latrunculins
Andreas Holzinger
10 Analysis of Morphogenesis and Flagellar Assembly During Spermatogenesis in Planarian Flatworms
Labib Rouhana, Tracy Chong, and Phillip A. Newmark
11 An In Vitro Model System to Test Mechano-Microbiological Interactions Between Bacteria and Host Cells
Luis Carlos Santos, Emilia Laura Munteanu, and Nicolas Biais
12 Purification of Cytoskeletal Proteins by Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography (FPLC) Using an ÄKTA Start System
Michael Gotesman, Yueyang Wang, Sharath Madasu, and Carter A. Mitchell
13 The Cilioprotist Cytoskeleton, a Model for Understanding How Cell Architecture and Pattern Are Specified: Recent Discoveries from Ciliates and Comparable Model Systems
Linda A. Hufnagel
PART III CELL AND ORGANELLE MOTILITY
14 3D and 4D Tumorigenesis Model for the Quantitative Analysis of Cancer Cell Behavior and Screening for Anti-Cancer Drugs
Deborah Wessels, Daniel F. Lusche, Edward Voss, and David R. Soll
15 Melanosome Motility in Fish Retinal Pigment Epithelial (RPE) Cells
Christina King-Smith
16 Chemotaxis: Under Agarose Assay
Derrick Brazill and David A. Knecht
PART IV GENETIC AND PROTEOMIC PROTOCOLS
17 Functional Analysis of Actin-Binding Proteins in the Central Nervous System of Drosophila
Qi He and Christopher Roblodowski
18 Using a Hand-Held Gene Gun for Genetic Transformation of Tetrahymena thermophila
Michael Gotesman, Roland E. Hosein, and Selwyn A. Williams
19 Proteomic Tools for Analysis of Cytoskeleton Proteins
Carlos Barreto, Andriele Silva, Eliza Wiech , Antonio Lopez, Avdar San, and Shaneen Singh
The fourth edition provides new and updated chapters that focus on experimental models, useful for investigating various aspects of cytoskeleton structure and function. Chapters detail protocols on animal models, plant models, protist models, fungal models, live and fixed-cell imaging, dynamics of cytoskeleton components, cell and organelle motility, genetics, and proteomics. Written in the format of the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, each chapter includes an introduction to the topic, lists necessary materials and reagents, includes tips on troubleshooting and known pitfalls, and step-by-step, readily reproducible protocols.
Authoritative and cutting-edge, Cytoskeleton: Methods and Protocols, Fourth Edition aims to provide an updated version to help researchers expand their understanding of cytoskeleton structure and function.