CellGeo: A computational platform for the analysis of shape changes in cells with complex geometries

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 443-460

  Tsygankov, Denis ^a   Bilancia, Colleen G ^b   Vitriol, Eric A ^c   Hahn, Klaus M ^a,b   Peifer, Mark ^b   Elston, Timothy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DYNAMICS; FILOPODIUM; GEOMETRY; GROWTH CONE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NERVE FIBER; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CELL SHAPE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GROWTH CONES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PSEUDOPODIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893453773     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201306067     Document Type: Article

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