Optimizing bioluminescence imaging to study protozoan parasite infections

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 161-162

  Taylor, Martin C ^a   Kelly, John M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; In vivo imaging; Red shifted luciferase; Trypanosomes

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RENILLA LUCIFERIN 2 MONOOXYGENASE; RIBOSOME DNA; LUCIFERASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOLUMINESCENCE IMAGING; CODON USAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KINETOPLASTIDA; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITEMIA; PHOTINUS PYRALIS; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; IMAGING; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPISM;

PROTOZOA;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; IN VIVO IMAGING; RED-SHIFTED LUCIFERASE; TRYPANOSOMES;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EUKARYOTA; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENCE; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PARASITOLOGY;

EID: 84897078856     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2014.01.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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