A method to rapidly and accurately compare the relative efficacies of non-invasive imaging reporter genes in a mouse model and its application to Luciferase reporters

Molecular Imaging and Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 462-471

  Gil, Jose S ^a,b   MacHado, Hidevaldo B ^a,b   Herschman, Harvey R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Bioluminescence imaging; Firefly luciferase; Gaussia luciferase; In vivo imaging; Molecular imaging; Non invasive imaging; Renilla luciferase; Reporter gene comparison; Reporter gene efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; LUCIFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOUSE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; REPORTER GENE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOME, VIRAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOLECULAR IMAGING; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

ADENOVIRIDAE; RENILLA LUCIFERASE;

EID: 84865494445     PISSN: 15361632     EISSN: 18602002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11307-011-0515-1     Document Type: Article

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