Fluorescent reporter proteins

Molecular Imaging with Reporter Genes

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3-40

  Campbell, Robert E ^a   Davidson, Michael W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GAMMA RAYS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTICLE BEAMS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRONS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRA; FLUORESCENT REPORTER; INFORMATION CONTENTS; NON-INVASIVE IMAGING; OPTICAL FLUORESCENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHIES; SPATIOTEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSGENE EXPRESSION;

MOLECULAR IMAGING;

EID: 84907856721     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511730405.002     Document Type: Chapter

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