Automated measurement of myofiber disarray in transgenic mice with ventricular expression of ras

Anatomical Record

Volumn 252, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 612-625

  Karlon, William J ^a   Covell, James W ^b   Mcculloch, Andrew D ^a   Hunter, John J ^b   Omens, Jeffrey H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angular deviation; Fiber orientation; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Myofiber disarray

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CELL SIZE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HEART VENTRICLES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCLE FIBERS; MYOCARDIUM; ONCOGENE PROTEIN P21(RAS);

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0031725141     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199812)252:4<612::AID-AR12>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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