Bioluminescence imaging in living organisms

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 73-78

  Welsh, David K ^a,c   Kay, Steve A ^a,b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CATALYSIS; CELLS; ENZYMES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SUBSTRATES; TISSUE; TUMORS;

LIVING CELLS; LIVING ORGANISMS; LUCIFERASE ENZYMES; TRACKING CELLS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

LUCIFERASE;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMAGING; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 13844255010     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2004.12.006     Document Type: Review

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