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Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 753-767

  Frigault, Melanie M ^a   Lacoste, Judith ^b   Swift, Jody L ^b   Brown, Claire M ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CLSM; Live cell imaging; Multi proton; Spinning disk; TIRF

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICAL EQUIPMENT; CELL DEATH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRESS; CELL VIABILITY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMMERSION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIVE CELL MICROSCOPY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; OSMOLARITY; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST;

EID: 66949149178     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.033837     Document Type: Article

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