Tumor imaging with multicolor fluorescent protein expression

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 84-91

  Yamamoto, Norio ^a   Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki ^a   Hoffman, Robert M ^b,c  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ANTICANCER INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Color coded imaging; GFP; RFP; Subcellular imaging in vivo

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA TUBULIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BONE TUMOR; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG METASTASIS; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION;

ANIMALS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79959855803     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: 14377772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-011-0201-y     Document Type: Review

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