The action of sphingomyelinase in lipid monolayers as revealed by microscopic image analysis

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1798, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1309-1323

  Fanani, Maria Laura ^a   Hartel, Steffen ^b   Maggio, Bruno ^a   De Tullio, Luisina ^a   Jara, Jorge ^b   Olmos, Felipe ^b,c   Oliveira, Rafael Gustavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Active contours; Ceramide; Ceramide enriched domain; Epifluorescence microscopy; Microscopic image processing; Sphingomyelin

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ALGORITHM; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; KINETICS; LIPID BILAYER; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; VISION;

CERAMIDES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KINETICS; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

EID: 77954731500     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2010.01.001     Document Type: Review

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