SPI: A tool for incorporating gene expression data into a four-dimensional database of Caenorhabditis elegans embryogenesis

Bioinformatics

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1097-1109

  Minakuchi, Yohei ^a   Ito, Masahiro ^a   Kohara, Yuji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CARBOCYANINE; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC DATABASE; GERM LINE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SECTION;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; SERPENTES;

EID: 2442667712     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 13674811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bth045     Document Type: Article

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