Image-based quantification and mathematical modeling of spatial heterogeneity in ESC colonies

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 481-490

  Herberg, Maria ^a   Zerjatke, Thomas ^a   de Back, Walter ^b   Glauche, Ingmar ^a   Roeder, Ingo ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell cell interactions; Embryonic stem cells; Image quantification; Quantitative measures; Spatial modeling; Transcription factor heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

CULTURE MEDIUM; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LIF PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOUSE; PHARMACOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROCEDURES; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84929945359     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.22598     Document Type: Article

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