Quantitative fluorescent speckle microscopy (QFSM) to measure actin dynamics

Current Protocols in Cytometry

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.62, 2012, Pages

  Mendoza, Michelle C ^a   Besson, Sebastien ^a   Danuser, Gaudenz ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Image processing; Live cell imaging; Microinjection; Speckles

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; ACTIN; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DYNAMICS; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMAGE PROCESSING; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE FLUORESCENT SPECKLE MICROSCOPY; RAT KANGAROO; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROTUBULE; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULES; POTOROIDAE; SOFTWARE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84874187476     PISSN: 19349297     EISSN: 19349300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142956.cy0218s62     Document Type: Article

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