NanoLuc: A Small Luciferase Is Brightening Up the Field of Bioluminescence

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1175-1187

  England, Christopher G ^a   Ehlerding, Emily B ^a   Cai, Weibo ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PHOSPHORESCENCE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SYSTEM STABILITY;

BIOLUMINESCENCE IMAGING; BIOLUMINESCENT SYSTEMS; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOMEDICAL FIELDS; CELLULAR ASSAYS; ENHANCED STABILITY; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; LOW BACKGROUND; LUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCIES; RENILLA LUCIFERASE;

BIOLUMINESCENCE;

LUCIFERASE; NANOLUCIFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NANOMATERIAL;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOLUMINESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; BIOSENSOR; CELL SIGNALING ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RENILLA RENIFORMIS; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENCE; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84971342943     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: 15204812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.6b00112     Document Type: Review

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