Computer-assisted morphometry of cell-substratum contacts

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 334-339

  Weber, Igor ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha actinin; Cell adhesion; Cell movement; Computer assisted; Cytoskeletal proteins; Dictyostelium; Image processing; Microscopy interference; Motility cell; Pseudopodia

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA ACTININ; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTION; CELL MUTANT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM; DISPERSION; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN;

ACTININ; ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL SIZE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DICTYOSTELIUM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0032802338     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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