Analysing immune cell migration

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 789-798

  Beltman, Joost B ^a   Marée, Athanasius F M ^b   De Boer, Rob J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL MIGRATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CELL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO;

EID: 70350571765     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri2638     Document Type: Review

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