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Using plusTipTracker Software to Measure Microtubule Dynamics in Xenopus laevis Growth Cones

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Using plusTipTracker Software to Measure Microtubule Dynamics in Xenopus laevis Growth Cones

Using plusTipTracker Software to Measure Microtubule Dynamics in Xenopus laevis Growth Cones

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10.3791/52138-v

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07:32 min

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September 07, 2014

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Alina Stout, Salvatore D’Amico, Tiffany Enzenbacher, Patrick Ebbert, Laura Anne Lowery

¹Department of Biology,Boston College

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00:00Title
01:15plusTipGetTracks
03:29plusTipSeeTracks
04:39plusTipGroupAnalysis
06:19Results
06:56Conclusion

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The MATLAB-based, open source software package, plusTipTracker, can be used to analyze image series of fluorescently-labeled +TIPs to quantify microtubule dynamics.

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