In Vivo Molecular Bioluminescence Imaging: New Tools and Applications

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 640-652

  Mezzanotte, Laura ^a   van ‘t Root, Moniek ^a   Karatas, Hacer ^b   Goun, Elena A ^b   Löwik, Clemens W G M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

bioluminescence imaging; caged luciferin; in vivo imaging; light producing transgenic animals; luciferase

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOLUMINESCENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED DEVICES; PHOSPHORESCENCE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SIGNAL PROCESSING; SUBSTRATES;

BIOLUMINESCENCE IMAGING; CAGED-LUCIFERIN; IN-VIVO IMAGING; LUCIFERASE; TRANSGENIC ANIMALS;

MOLECULAR IMAGING;

LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERIN;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL VACUOLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IN VIVO BIOLUMINESCENCE IMAGING; INFECTION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; GENE EDITING; GENETICS; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; REPORTER GENE;

FIREFLY LUCIFERIN; GENE EDITING; GENES, REPORTER; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MOLECULAR IMAGING;

EID: 85019068971     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2017.03.012     Document Type: Review

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