IMACULAT - An Open Access Package for the Quantitative Analysis of Chromosome Localization in the Nucleus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Mehta, Ishita ^a   Chakraborty, Sandeep ^a   Rao, Basuthkar J ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERNET; INTERPHASE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MOLECULAR IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84876003567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061386     Document Type: Article

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