Bioluminescent imaging of transplanted islets

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 574, Issue , 2009, Pages 75-85

  Chen, Xiaojuan ^a   Kaufman, Dixon B ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bioluminescence imaging; Islet isolation; islet portal transplantation in mice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934436613     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-321-3_7     Document Type: Article

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