Morphological fractal analysis of shape in cancer cells treated with combinations of microtubule-polymerizing and -depolymerizing agents

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 472-477

  Uppal, Sonal O ^a   Voronine, Dmitri V ^b   Wendt, Elizabeth ^c   Heckman, Carol A ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; cell shape; fractal analysis; microtubule

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; PACLITAXEL; TUBULIN MODULATOR;

ANIMAL; CELL SHAPE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; LIVER CELL; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; RAT; TUMOR CELL LINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; DRUG EFFECTS; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SHAPE; COLCHICINE; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HEPATOCYTES; MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULES; PACLITAXEL; RATS; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

EID: 77957220221     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927610000358     Document Type: Conference Paper

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