Recent developments of biological reporter technology for detecting gene expression

Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-76

  Jiang, Tingting ^a   Xing, Bengang ^a   Rao, Jianghong ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PHOSPHATASES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CELLULAR EVENTS; CURRENT STATUS; GENE ACTIVITIES; GENE-REGULATION; GENES EXPRESSION; PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH; REPORTER GENE; REPORTER GENE ASSAYS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA LACTAMASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE;

DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DRUG RESEARCH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUCIFERASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 56249108736     PISSN: 02648725     EISSN: 20465556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5661/bger-25-41     Document Type: Article

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