Optimization of enzyme - Substrate pairing for bioluminescence imaging of gene transfer using Renilla and Gaussia luciferases

Journal of Gene Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 528-537

  Kimura, Takahiro ^a,b   Hiraoka, Kei ^a   Kasahara, Noriyuki ^a,c   Logg, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Coelenterazine; Imaging; Luciferase; Reporter gene; Retrovirus

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIA LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERASE; RENILLA LUCIFERIN 2 MONOOXYGENASE; RETROVIRUS VECTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COELENTERAZINE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LUMINESCENT AGENT; PHOTOPROTEIN; PYRAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TRANSFER; IMAGING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; COPEPOD; DEVICES; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; NUDE MOUSE; PROCEDURES; RENILLA;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; COPEPODA; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; PYRAZINES; RENILLA;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RENILLA; RENILLA LUCIFERASE;

EID: 77954612905     PISSN: 1099498X     EISSN: 15212254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgm.1463     Document Type: Article

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