Distribution of estrogen receptor heterogeneity in growing MCF-7 cells measured by quantitative microscopy

Cytometry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-35

  Palmari, Jacqueline ^a,b   Dussert, Christophe ^b   Berthois, Yolande ^b   Penel, Claude ^b   Martin, Pierre Marie ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

breast cancer cell; image analysis; phenotypic alterations; topographical analysis

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031020746     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19970101)27:1<26::AID-CYTO4>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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