Enzyme-generated intracellular fluorescence for single-cell resporter gene analysis utilizing Escherichia coli β-glucuronidase

Cytometry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 321-329

  Lorincz, Matthew ^a   Roederer, Mario ^a   Diwu, Zhenjun ^b   Herzenberg, Leonard A ^a   Nolan, Garry P ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOLECULAR PROBES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Galactosidase; Glucuronidase; Fluorescence activated cell sorting; Reporter gene; Selectable marker

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEINS; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCARIC ACID; GLUCURONIDASE; HYDROLYSIS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029834352     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19960801)24:4<321::AID-CYTO3>3.3.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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