Green fluorescent protein expressed by a recombinant vaccinia virus permits early detection of infected cells by flow cytometry

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 220, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 115-121

  Domínguez, Javier ^a   Lorenzo, María Del Mar ^a   Blasco, Rafael ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Green fluorescent protein; Peripheral blood leukocytes; Vaccinia virus; Virus tropism

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LEUKOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUOROMETRY; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; LYMPHOCYTES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SWINE; VACCINIA VIRUS;

SUIDAE; VACCINIA; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 0345404387     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(98)00156-2     Document Type: Article

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