Recent progress in expanding the chemiluminescent toolbox for bioimaging

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 48, Issue , 2017, Pages 135-141

  Suzuki, Kazushi ^a   Nagai, Takeharu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; INFRARED DEVICES; PROTEINS;

BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMAGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS; EMISSION WAVELENGTH; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; LIVING ORGANISMS; PATHOLOGICAL PROCESS; RECENT PROGRESS;

CHEMILUMINESCENCE;

LUCIFERIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

BIOIMAGING; CELL TRACKING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PROCEDURES;

CELL TRACKING; HUMANS; LUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR IMAGING;

EID: 85018242622     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2017.04.001     Document Type: Review

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