AuthorsSchlegel RA, Reed JA, McEvoy L, Algarin L, Williamson P
JournalMethods Enzymol
PubMed ID3695965
Involvement of spectrin in the maintenance of phase-state asymmetry in the erythrocyte membrane.
AuthorsWilliamson P, Bateman J, Kozarsky K, Mattocks K, Hermanowicz N, Choe HR, Schlegel RA
JournalCell
PubMed ID7139713
The fluorescent probe merocyanine 540 does not stain the plasma membrane of normal human or murine erythrocytes, nor of genetically abnormal human spherocytic erythrocytes. It does, however, stain erythrocyte membranes in several systems in which the underlying spectrin network is altered or missing. Because of the greater affinity of merocyanine ... More