Fractal dimension analysis and mathematical morphology of structural changes in actin filaments imaged by electron microscopy

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Kimori, Yoshitaka ^a   Katayama, Eisaku ^b   Morone, Nobuhiro ^c   Kodama, Takao ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin; Electron microscopy; Fractal analysis; Mathematical morphology; Myosin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; FRACTALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYOSINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RABBITS;

EID: 80052283343     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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