An automated live imaging platform for studying merozoite egress-invasion in malaria cultures

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 997-1005

  Crick, Alex J ^a   Tiffert, Teresa ^b   Shah, Sheel M ^a   Kotar, Jurij ^a   Lew, Virgilio L ^b   Cicuta, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; ERYTHROCYTE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MEROZOITE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; CELL LINE; ERYTHROCYTES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEROZOITES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84874860085     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.01.018     Document Type: Article

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