In vivo bioluminescence imaging for integrated studies of infection

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 303-317

  Doyle, Timothy C ^a   Burns, Stacy M ^a   Contag, Christopher H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LUCIFERASE;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CAMERA; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOVEMENT; VIRUS DISEASES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1642295791     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2004.00378.x     Document Type: Review

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