Removal of background signal from in situ data on the expression of segmentation genes in Drosophila

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 215, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 320-326

  Myasnikova, Ekaterina ^a   Samsonova, Maria ^a   Kosman, David ^b   Reinitz, John ^c  

^a PETER THE GREAT ST PETERSBURG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastoderm; Image processing; Image quantitation; Immunostaining; Nonspecific staining

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; HOMOZYGOTE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION;

EID: 21344474605     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-005-0472-2     Document Type: Article

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