PlusTipTracker: Quantitative image analysis software for the measurement of microtubule dynamics

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 168-184

  Applegate, Kathryn T ^a   Besson, Sebastien ^b   Matov, Alexandre ^a   Bagonis, Maria H ^b   Jaqaman, Khuloud ^a,b   Danuser, Gaudenz ^a,b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics; EB1; EB3; Live cell; Microtubule; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROTUBULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; TUBULIN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 80053384105     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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