Automatic reading procedures in colon cells biopsies allow a faster and precise reading of microscopic biopsies. These procedures implement automatic image segmentation in order to classify cell types as cancerous or ...Automatic reading procedures in colon cells biopsies allow a faster and precise reading of microscopic biopsies. These procedures implement automatic image segmentation in order to classify cell types as cancerous or noncancerous. The authors have developed a new approach aiming to detect colon cancer cells derived from the ＂Snake＂ method but using a progressive division of the dimensions of the image to achieve rapid segmentation. The aim of the present paper was to classify different cancerous cell types based on nine morphological parameters and on probabilistic neural network. Three types of cells were used to assess the efficiency of our classifications models, including BH （Benign Hyperplasia）, IN （Intraepithelial Neoplasia） that is a precursor state for cancer, and Ca （Carcinoma） that corresponds to abnormal tissue proliferation （cancer）. Results showed that among the nine parameters used to classify cells, only three morphologic parameters （area, Xor convex and solidity） were found to be effective in distinguishing the three types of cells. In addition, classification of unknown cells was possible using this method.展开更多
Myxococcus xanthus provides an excellent model organism for studying the mechanism of multicellular morphogenesis. The mRNA for FruA, a transcription factor essential for the development of M. xanthus, contains a very...Myxococcus xanthus provides an excellent model organism for studying the mechanism of multicellular morphogenesis. The mRNA for FruA, a transcription factor essential for the development of M. xanthus, contains a very long 5′-UTR consisting of 235 nucleotides. Using lacZ as a reporter gene, two fruA-lacZ translational fusions retaining or lacking the fruA 5′-UTR were constructed and separately integrated at phage Mx8 attachment site (attB) in M. xanthus chromosome. Deletion in 5′-UTR between nucleotides from +4 to +220 abolished fruA-lacZ expression during develop- ment, indicating that the 5′-UTR is essential for the induction of fruA. Prediction of the RNA secondary structure of 5′-UTR shows that this region could form an extremely sta- ble three-helix junction structure, which might be a binding site for a regulatory protein or contain a cis-acting element(s) to control fruA expression. Thus, the 5′-UTR of fruA mRNA positively regulates the expression of its own gene.展开更多
文摘Automatic reading procedures in colon cells biopsies allow a faster and precise reading of microscopic biopsies. These procedures implement automatic image segmentation in order to classify cell types as cancerous or noncancerous. The authors have developed a new approach aiming to detect colon cancer cells derived from the ＂Snake＂ method but using a progressive division of the dimensions of the image to achieve rapid segmentation. The aim of the present paper was to classify different cancerous cell types based on nine morphological parameters and on probabilistic neural network. Three types of cells were used to assess the efficiency of our classifications models, including BH （Benign Hyperplasia）, IN （Intraepithelial Neoplasia） that is a precursor state for cancer, and Ca （Carcinoma） that corresponds to abnormal tissue proliferation （cancer）. Results showed that among the nine parameters used to classify cells, only three morphologic parameters （area, Xor convex and solidity） were found to be effective in distinguishing the three types of cells. In addition, classification of unknown cells was possible using this method.
文摘Myxococcus xanthus provides an excellent model organism for studying the mechanism of multicellular morphogenesis. The mRNA for FruA, a transcription factor essential for the development of M. xanthus, contains a very long 5′-UTR consisting of 235 nucleotides. Using lacZ as a reporter gene, two fruA-lacZ translational fusions retaining or lacking the fruA 5′-UTR were constructed and separately integrated at phage Mx8 attachment site (attB) in M. xanthus chromosome. Deletion in 5′-UTR between nucleotides from +4 to +220 abolished fruA-lacZ expression during develop- ment, indicating that the 5′-UTR is essential for the induction of fruA. Prediction of the RNA secondary structure of 5′-UTR shows that this region could form an extremely sta- ble three-helix junction structure, which might be a binding site for a regulatory protein or contain a cis-acting element(s) to control fruA expression. Thus, the 5′-UTR of fruA mRNA positively regulates the expression of its own gene.
