Determining the number of specific proteins in cellular compartments by quantitative microscopy

Nature Protocols

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1953-1968

  Mutch, Sarah A ^a   Gadd, Jennifer C ^a   Fujimoto, Bryant S ^a   Kensel Hammes, Patricia ^b   Schiro, Perry G ^a   Bajjalieh, Sandra M ^b   Chiu, Daniel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL LABELING; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIGITAL IMAGING; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROCHIP ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ALGORITHMS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CYTOPLASMIC STRUCTURES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROTEINS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84861741188     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2011.414     Document Type: Article

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