Actin filament tracking in electron tomograms of negatively stained lamellipodia using the localized radon transform

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-28

  Winkler, Christoph ^a   Vinzenz, Marlene ^b   Small, J Victor ^b   Schmeiser, Christian ^a,c  

^a JOHANN RADON INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Austria)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Actin filament; Filament tracking; Lamellipodium; Radon transform

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; GAS DIFFUSION; LAMELLIPODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

3T3 CELLS; ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ANIMALS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; MICE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEGATIVE STAINING; PSEUDOPODIA;

EID: 84859426285     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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