Codon-optimized Luciola italica luciferase variants for mammalian gene expression in culture and in vivo

Molecular Imaging

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-21

  Maguire, Casey A ^a,b,c   Van Der Mijn, Johannes C ^a,b,c   Degeling, Marja H ^a,b,c   Morse, Danielle ^a,b,c   Tannous, Bakhos A ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; GLIOMA CELLS; HALF LIVES; IN-VIVO; INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTIONS; LUCIFERASE ACTIVITIES; MAMMALIAN CELLS; NORTH AMERICAN; NUDE MICE; RED-SHIFTED; TUMOR CELLS; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGHT EMISSION; MAMMALS; OPTIMIZATION; TUMORS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

LUCIFERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CODON; ENZYMOLOGY; FIREFLY; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; HUMAN; LENTIVIRINAE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NUDE MOUSE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CODON; FIREFLIES; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; LENTIVIRUS; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MICE, NUDE;

EID: 84857314609     PISSN: 15353508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7290.2011.00022     Document Type: Article

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