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Fluorescent phalloidin (red) marking actin filaments in endothelial cells, also showing DNA (blue) and select proteins (green)
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Reason
This remarkable image displays endothelial cells' DNA, proteins and actin filaments in blue, green and red respectively. The red flourescent phalloidin is actually the toxin isolated from the death cap mushroom (often used in cellular imaging for this very purpose). The image presents very little cell crowding/confusion to the eye. It is eerily beuatiful; natural yet alien. One might as easily believe this was taken from the Hubble telescope as from a light microscope.
Articles this image appears in
Phalloidin Cellular biology
Creator
National Institutes of Health [1] (US)
Nominator
István

Not promoted MER-C 07:15, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]