Statistical analysis of intramembranous particles using freeze fracture specimens
- 29 July 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Microscopy
- Vol. 211 (2) , 137-153
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01210.x
Abstract
We studied the point processes of intramembranous particles of mitochondrial membranes from HeLa cells using the freeze fracture technique. Three groups – under normal conditions, after exposition with rotenone, and after exposition with sodium acid – were compared. First, we used several summary statistics in order to study the two‐dimensional point patterns of intramembranous particles within each group. Then, we compared the patterns in different groups by bootstrap tests using the K‐function and the nearest neighbour distance function G(r). Estimation of the G‐function provided significant results but no significant differences between groups were found using the classical K‐function; estimation of G(r) should therefore not be omitted when studying observed planar point patterns.Keywords
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