Three-dimensional organization of microtubules in tumor cells studied by confocal laser scanning microscopy and computer-assisted deconvolution and image reconstruction

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-8

  Strohmaier, Anja Rose ^a   Porwol, Torsten ^b   Acker, Helmut ^b   Spiess, Eberhard ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Deconvolution; Microtubule; Reconstruction, three dimensional

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0033940054     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016760     Document Type: Article

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