Video imaging of firefly luciferase activity to identify and monitor herpesvirus infection in cell culture

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 155-160

  Mettenleiter, Thomas C ^a   Gräwe, Walter ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Hamamatsu Photonics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Herpesvirus; Luciferase; Pseudorabies virus; Reporter gene; Video imaging

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HERPES; HERPES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; VIDEORECORDING; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

EID: 17044444862     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(96)02041-1     Document Type: Article

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