Firefly luciferin-activated rose bengal: In vitro photodynamic therapy by intracellular chemiluminescence in transgenic NIH 3T3 cells

Cancer Research

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1818-1821

  Theodossiou, Theodossis ^a   Hothersall, John S ^a   Woods, Elizabeth A ^b   Okkenhaug, Klaus ^b   Jacobson, Jake ^c   MacRobert, Alexander J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERIN; ROSE BENGAL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

3T3 CELLS; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; FIREFLY LUCIFERIN; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; ROSE BENGAL; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0345700650     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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