Enhanced green fluorescence protein tracks trichosanthin in human choriocarcinoma cells as a feasible and stable reporter

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 2279-2284

  Wang, Ye ^a   Mi, Shuang Li ^a   Lou, Mei Yan ^a   Gao, Yin ^a   Chen, Zhang Liang ^a   An, Cheng Cai ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Choriocarcinoma cells; EGFP; Liposome induced transfection; Trichosanthin

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LIPOSOME; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN; TRICHOSANTHIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER THERAPY; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOTOXICITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUSION GENE; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 21344464712     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/1697     Document Type: Article

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