Estimating the variation in S phase duration from flow cytometric histograms

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-49

  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; S phase duration

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BRANCHING PROCESS; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

BROXURIDINE;

DNA; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOGRAM; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOGRAM; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE; DNA REPLICATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; S PHASE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 42649143819     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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