Characterization of chromatin domains by 3D fluorescence microscopy: An automated methodology for quantitative analysis and nuclei screening

BioEssays

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 509-517

  Cantaloube, Sylvain ^a   Romeo, Kelly ^a   Le Baccon, Patricia ^a   Almouzni, Geneviève ^a   Quivy, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Heterochromatin; Nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROCHROMATIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; EPIGENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HETEROCHROMATIN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84861234601     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201100188     Document Type: Article

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