New tools for comparing microscopy images: Quantitative analysis of cell types in bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 699-709

  van Gestel, Jordi ^a,b   Vlamakis, Hera ^a   Kolter, Roberto ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SRFA GENE; TAPA GENE; CHEMISTRY; DATA MINING; EVALUATION STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DATA MINING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84921730761     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02501-14     Document Type: Article

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