Automated microscopy for high-content RNAi screening

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 453-461

  Conrad, Christian ^a   Gerlich, Daniel W ^b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

AUTOMATION; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOSOME; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; GENOMICS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; MICROSCOPY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 77149130553     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200910105     Document Type: Review

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