Quantitative Analysis of Cytoskeletal Organization by Digital Fluorescent Microscopy

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-18

  Lichtenstein, Nurit ^a   Geiger, Benjamin ^a   Kam, Zvi ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Actin filaments; Cytoskeleton; Drug effects; Microtubules; Quantitative microscopy

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; NOCODAZOLE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LABELING; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOMETRY; CYTOSKELETON; DIGITAL FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0348135035     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.10053     Document Type: Article

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