Molecular imaging of human embryonic stem cells

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 515, Issue , 2009, Pages 13-32

  Narsinh, Kazim H ^a   Cao, Feng ^b   Wu, Joseph C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Firefly luciferase; Fluorescence; Herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase; Human embryonic stem cells; Positron emission tomography; Red fluorescent protein

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; MICE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 65649125235     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-559-6_2     Document Type: Article

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