Cellular and subcellular imaging in live mice using fluorescent proteins

Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 537-544

  Hoffman, Robert M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b ANTICANCER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cancer; Cellular dynamics; Dual color cells; Fluorescence imaging; GFP; Infection; Live mice; Metastatic trafficking; Nuclear dynamics; RFP; Stem cells; Visual drug targets

Indexed keywords

COLOR FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRIGHTNESS; CANCER GROWTH; CAPILLARY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; METASTASIS; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTUM YIELD; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; TUMOR SEEDING; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LEISHMANIASIS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; NEOPLASMS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS;

EID: 84857768306     PISSN: 13892010     EISSN: 18734316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920112799436311     Document Type: Review

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