Video 1.

Video Proplatelet Formation: 58 frames taken at 10-min intervals using a 40x phase-contrast objective. This movie shows a megakaryocyte undergoing proplatelet formation and demonstrates the dynamic behavior of proplatelets.

Blood Platelets Are Assembled Principally at the Ends of Proplatelet Processes Produced by Differentiated Megakaryocytes

Joseph E. Italiano, Patrick Lecine, Ramesh A. Shivdasani, and John H. Hartwig

DOI: 10.1083/jcb.147.6.1299