Luciferase imaging of a neurotropic viral infection in intact animals

Journal of Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5333-5338

  Cook, Susan H ^a   Griffin, Diane E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LIGHT; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINDBIS VIRUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SINDBIS VIRUS; SPINAL CORD; VIRULENCE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0037405245     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.9.5333-5338.2003     Document Type: Article

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