Visualization of molecular and cellular events with green fluorescent proteins in developing embryos: A review

Luminescence

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-18

  Yu, Yong A ^a   Oberg, Kerby ^a   Wang, Gefu ^a   Szalay, Aladar A ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryonic development; Fluorescence imaging; Green fluorescent protein

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; PROTEINS; VISUALIZATION;

CELLULAR EVENTS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GENES EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IN-VIVO; MOLECULAR EVENTS; MOLECULAR PROCESS; PROTEIN MARKERS; PROTEIN TRAFFICKING;

FLUORESCENCE IMAGING;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FISH; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FUSION GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; TRANSGENE; TRANSLATION INITIATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CHEMISTRY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0037948668     PISSN: 15227235     EISSN: 10991271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bio.701     Document Type: Review

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