Measurement of β-Galactosidase Tissue Levels in a Tumor Cell Xenograft Model

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 713-716

  Buller, C J ^a   Zang, X P ^a   Howard, E W ^b   Pento, J Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Galactosidase; Breast cancer; MCF 7 cells; Mouse xenograft

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHLOROPHENOL RED BETA DEXTRO GALACTOPYRANOSIDE; O NITROPHENYL BETA DEXTRO GALACTOPYRANOSIDE; PYRANOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RELIABILITY; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLORIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

EID: 0347132603     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.2003.25.9.793338     Document Type: Article

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