Bioluminescence assays: Multicolor luciferase assay, secreted luciferase assay and imaging luciferase assay

Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 835-849

  Nakajima, Yoshihiro ^a   Ohmiya, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beetle luciferase; Bioluminescence; Bioluminescence imaging; Color differenced luciferases; Reporter assay; Reporter gene; Secreted luciferase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTANETRIOL 26 MONOOXYGENASE; CHOLESTEROL 7ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; FLUORESCEIN; LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERIN; MAGNESIUM ION; RENILLA LUCIFERIN 2 MONOOXYGENASE; SODIUM SULFITE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; IMAGING; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 77955946319     PISSN: 17460441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17460441.2010.506213     Document Type: Review

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