Fig. 3. Ephrin-A5-induced cell rounding involves contraction of the actin and
microtubule network and loss of peripheral focal contacts. Parental (A,B) or
EphA3-293T cells (C-J) were grown on fibronectin-coated glass coverslips.
Following stimulation with ephrin-A5 fixed and permeabilised cells were
incubated with rhodamine-phalloidin (A-D), or primary antibodies against
-tubulin (E,F) and phospho-tyrosine (G-J) and Alexa-labelled secondary
antibodies to visualise microtubule and focal complexes, respectively. Images
were taken with a confocal fluorescence microscope; images in I and J
represent vertical sections of individual cells illustrated in C and D,
respectively. Bar, 20 µm.