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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int Rev Cytol. 2002;217:137–182. doi: 10.1016/s0074-7696(02)17014-8

FIG. 3.

FIG. 3

Actin structures by fluorescence. (A) An example of a platelet 15 min after spreading on glass imaged by fluorescence microscopy of F-actin as stained with phalloidin. Arrow indicates the position of a former filopodia. (B) Diagram of the actin structures in the spread platelets: (1) leading edge of the lamellipodium; (2) filopodia; (3) lamellipodium; (4) contractile ring; (5) stress fibers. (Reproduced from Bearer, 1995, by permission.)