Second-generation triple reporter for bioluminescence, micro-positron emission tomography, and fluorescence imaging

Molecular Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 465-474

  Kesarwala, Aparna H ^a   Prior, Julie L ^a   Sun, Jinwu ^a   Harpstrite, Scott E ^a   Sharma, Vijay ^a   Piwnica Worms, David ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE (IRES); MONSTER GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN (MGFP); MUTANT HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS THYMIDINE KINASE (MNLS-SR39TK);

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CAMERAS; ENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTEINS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

9 (4 FLUORO 3 HYDROXYMETHYLBUTYL)GUANINE; 9-(4-FLUORO-3-HYDROXYMETHYLBUTYL)GUANINE; ACICLOVIR; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; GUANINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LUMINESCENT AGENT; PENCICLOVIR; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPORTER GENE;

ACYCLOVIR; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENES, REPORTER; GUANINE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY; LUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIMPLEXVIRUS; THYMIDINE KINASE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 33846432737     PISSN: 15353508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7290.2006.00024     Document Type: Article

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