Long term non-invasive imaging of embryonic stem cells using reporter genes

Nature Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1192-1201

  Sun, Ning ^a   Lee, Andrew ^a   Wu, Joseph C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS THYMIDINE KINASE; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; THYMIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY; MICE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RATS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 68449099297     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2009.100     Document Type: Article

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