A transgenic red fluorescent protein-expressing nude mouse for color-coded imaging of the tumor microenvironment

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 279-284

  Yang, Meng ^a   Reynoso, Jose ^a   Bouvet, Michael ^b   Hoffman, Robert M ^a,b,c  

^a ANTICANCER INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; GFP; Microenvironment; Mouse models; Orthotopic; RFP; Stroma; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BRAIN; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CANCER CELL; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TYPE; CYTOPLASM; DUODENUM; EMBRYO; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HEART; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD; SPLEEN CELL; STOMACH; STROMA CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; COLOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; COLOR; FEMALE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 61449249671     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21999     Document Type: Article

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