New indices in morphometry of nuclear structure in the NIH 3T3 cell line

Cell Biology International

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 809-814

  Karalyan, Z A ^a,b   Djaghatspanyan, N G ^a,b   Gasparyan, M H ^a,b   Hakobyan, L A ^a,b   Abroyan, L O ^a,b   Magakyan, Y H ^a,b   Ter Pogossyan, Z R ^a,b   Kamalyan, L A ^a,b   Avagyan, V Y ^a,b   Karalova, E M ^a,b  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology   (Armenia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Armenia)

Author keywords

NIH 3T3; Nucleolus; Nucleus; Ploidy

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PLOIDY;

EID: 12444328683     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1065-6995(03)00158-6     Document Type: Article

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