In vivo magnetic resonance imaging of transgene expression

Nature Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 351-354

  Weissleder, Ralph ^a   Moore, Anna ^a   Mahmood, Umar ^a   Bhorade, Rajeev ^a   Benveniste, Helene ^b   Chiocca, E Antonio ^a   Basilion, James P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIOSARCOMA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RATS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034062857     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/73219     Document Type: Article

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