The cell transformation assay: Toward a statistical classification of mixed and intermediate foci images

ATLA Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-36

  Procaccianti, Claudio ^a   Stefanini, Federico M ^b   Urani, Chiara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell transformation assay; Cluster analysis; Neoplastic transformation; Unsupervised learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79953692703     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119291103900118     Document Type: Article

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