Determining the macropinocytic index of cells through a quantitative image-based assay

Nature Protocols

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 182-192

  Commisso, Cosimo ^a   Flinn, Rory J ^a   Bar Sagi, Dafna ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROPINOCYTIC INDEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE TUMOR; TUMOR XENOGRAFT;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSOMES; FEMALE; HETEROGRAFTS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84891688638     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2014.004     Document Type: Article

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