Estimating the distribution of the G2 phase duration from flow cytometric histograms

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-17

  Larsson, Sara ^a   Ryden, Tobias ^a   Holst, Ulla ^a   Oredsson, Stina ^a   Johansson, Maria ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Branching process; Cell cycle progression; Flow cytometry; G2 phase duration

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BRANCHING PROCESS; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; PHASE DURATION;

FLOW CYTOMETRY;

CELL ORGANELLE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOGRAM;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DNA REPLICATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; DNA REPLICATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; G2 PHASE; HUMANS; KINETICS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; S PHASE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 37349005841     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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