Measuring herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase reporter gene expression in vitro

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2137-2142

  Yaghoubi, Shahriar S ^a   Gambhir, Sanjiv S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYMIDINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LYSATE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; THYMIDINE KINASE;

HERPES; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 34248677836     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.334     Document Type: Article

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