Bioluminescence imaging of reporter mice for studies of infection and inflammation

Antiviral Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-100

  Luker, Kathryn E ^a   Luker, Gary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Imaging; Immunity; Luciferase; Transgenic mouse; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; BETA INTERFERON; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LUCIFERASE; THYMIDINE KINASE 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; BIOLUMINESCENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; RNA VIRUS; TISSUE INJURY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; VIRUS DISEASES; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 77952254962     PISSN: 01663542     EISSN: 18729096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2010.02.002     Document Type: Review

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