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High-throughput Measurement of Dictyostelium discoideum Macropinocytosis by Flow Cytometry
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Biology
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High-throughput Measurement of Dictyostelium discoideum Macropinocytosis by Flow Cytometry
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06:47 min

September 10, 2018

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Chapters

  • 00:04Title
  • 00:31Measuring Fluid Uptake
  • 02:51Performing Fluid Uptake Time-courses
  • 03:57Dose Response Curves
  • 05:09Results: Measurements of Dictyostelium discoideum Macropinocytosis
  • 06:25Conclusion

Summary

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Macropinocytosis, large-scale non-specific fluid uptake, is important in many areas of clinical biology including immunology, infection, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases. Here, existing techniques have been adapted to allow high-throughput, single-cell resolution measurement of macropinocytosis in the macropinocytosis model organism Dictyostelium discoideum using flow cytometry.

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