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Description

Fluorescent micrograph showing human osteosarcoma cells grown in culture. Osteosarcoma is the most common form of bone cancer and occurs due to an error in the growth of osteoblast cells, the cells that are responsible for generating new bone tissue. In this image the microtubules are stained in red and the cell nucleus has been stained in blue (DAPI). Microtubules are an important component of the cell’s cytoskeleton, composed of a single type of protein, called tubulin, microtubules function to determine cell shape and are dynamic structures involved in a variety of cell movements.

Technical Details

B0007612 Human osteosarcoma cells Confocal micrograph 10 2009. Wellcome Images available under the following creative commons usage http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/

Biological Sources
NCBI Organism Classification
Homo sapiens
Cell Type
osteosarcoma
Cellular Component
microtubule
nucleus
Biological Context
Biological Process
microtubule cytoskeleton organization
Human Disease
osteosarcoma
Attribution
Names
Paul Appleton
Link
wellcome images
OTHER
University of Dundee
Citation
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
doi:10.7295/W9CIL39052
Archival Resource Key (ARK)
ark:/b7295/w9cil39052
Sample Preparation
Methods
chemically fixed tissue
Relation To Intact Cell
dispersed cells in vitro
Dimensions
Spatial Axis Image Size Pixel Size
X 550px ——
Y 576px ——