Bioluminescent indicators in living mammals

Nature Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-247

  Contag, Pamela R ^a,b   Nick Olomu, I ^b   Stevenson, David K ^b   Contag, Christopher H ^b  

^a Xenogen Corporation   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL CULTURE; COLORIMETRY; ENZYME MECHANISM; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INFECTION; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MICE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 2642708345     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0298-245     Document Type: Short Survey

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