Three-dimensional segmentation of nuclei and mitotic chromosomes for the study of cell divisions in live Drosophila embryos

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 81 A, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-64

  Chinta, Rambabu ^a   Wasser, Martin ^a,b  

^a BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

3D nuclear segmentation; Cell cycle; Confocal microscopy; Drosophila; Embryogenesis; Histone GFP; Live cell imaging; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; INSECT CHROMOSOME; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES, INSECT; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 83855164022     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.21164     Document Type: Article

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