Live-cell mass profiling: An emerging approach in quantitative biophysics

Nature Methods

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1221-1228

  Zangle, Thomas A ^a   Teitell, Michael A ^a,b,c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; CELL COUNTING; CELL GROWTH; CELL SHAPE; CELL VOLUME; CELLS; HOLOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERFEROMETRY; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MAMMAL CELL; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; REVIEW; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; PROCEDURES;

METAZOA;

BIOPHYSICS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 84922329799     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: 15487105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.3175     Document Type: Review

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