Comparison of red-shifted firefly luciferase Ppy RE9 and conventional Luc2 as bioluminescence imaging reporter genes for in vivo imaging of stem cells

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Liang, Yajie ^a   Walczak, Piotr ^a   Bulte, Jeff W M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence imaging; Luciferase; Neural stem cells; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

FIREFLY LUCIFERASE;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL TRACKING; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NEURAL STEM CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL TRACKING; COLOR; GENES, REPORTER; LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MICE; NEURAL STEM CELLS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84861425832     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.17.1.016004     Document Type: Article

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