Visualization and Analysis of Microtubule Dynamics Using Dual Color-Coded Display of Plus-End Labels

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Garrison, Amy K ^a   Shanmugam, Mahalakshmi ^a   Leung, Haiwen Connie ^a   Xia, Caihong ^a   Wang, Zheng ^a   Ma, Le ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DUAL COLOR CODED DISPLAY OF PLUS END LABEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LEARNING ALGORITHM; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COLOR; COS CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TUBULIN;

EID: 84870596593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050421     Document Type: Article

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