Immunofluorescent detection of actin and myosin in healing gingival epithelium.
Indirect immunofluorescent labeling shows a sequential increase in detectable epithelial cell actin and myosin during wound repair migration and maturation. While actin shows a substantial increase between pre-wound and migration levels, the relative detectable myosin is omnipresent at apparently high levels, and it increases only slightly during active migration.
D000199:Actins / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D002465:Cell Movement; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000032:analysis; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000032:analysis; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005881:Gingiva / Q000032:analysis* / Q000166:cytology; D008297:Male; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000032:analysis; D009218:Myosins / Q000032:analysis*; D051381:Rats; D014945:Wound Healing
D000199:Actins; D009218:Myosins