Fluorescent micrograph of rat embryo fibroblast cell growing in serum stained to reveal actin stress fibres (red) and vinculin (component of focal adhesions) in green/yellow.

The f-actin staining in the lamella of a cultured fibroblast shows common features of adherent cells on a flat substrate. The dominant f-actin organization is in the form of stress fibers, linear bun...

HeLa cells stained with rhodamine-conjugated immune globulin stained by indirect immunofluorescence with actin-specfic antibody. Actin bundles correspond with stress fibers, extending out into the per...

Figure 436 from Chapter 16 (Cytoplasmic matrix and cytoskeleton) of 'The Cell, 2nd Ed.' by Don W. Fawcett M.D. Cytoplasm of a Sertoli cell from testis of the ground squirrel, Citellus lateralis in cu...

A thinly-spread human skin fibroblast stained by indirect immunofluorescence with actin-specfic antibody. Actin bundles correspond with stress fibers, extending out into the periphery of the cell. Fig...

Figure 439 from Chapter 16 (Cytoplasmic matrix and cytoskeleton) of 'The Cell, 2nd Ed.' by Don W. Fawcett M.D. Portion of a large stress fiber, composed of subunits of fibrous actin. This image is f...

A human skin fibroblast in vitro stained by indirect immunofluorescence with an antibody to tropomyosin. The pattern of tropomyosin staining corresponds with stress fibers and the distribution of poly...

Parallel stress fibers on the ventral face of an MDCK cell, just inside the plasma membrane. This transmission electron micrograph of a flat-embedded MDCK cell was taken 60-70nm from the interface bet...

Network of stress fibers in an MDCK cell. This transmission electron micrograph of a flat-embedded MDCK cell was taken 60-70nm from the interface between the cell and the coverslip on which it was gro...