Bioluminescence : methods and protocols / edited by Preston B. Rich, Christelle Douillet. — 2nd ed. — New York : Humana Press, 2009. – (58.17/M592/v.574)

Contents

    Contents
    
    Contributors
    1. Luminescent Probes and Visualization of Bioluminescence
    2. Validation of Bioluminescent Imaging Techniques
    3. Assessment of Extracellular ATP Concentrations
    4. High-Throughput Quantitative Bioluminescence Imaging for Assessing Tumor Burden
    5. Fluorescence Imaging of Tumors with "Smart" pH-Activatable Targeted Probes
    6. Imaging Vasculature and Lymphatic Flow in Mice Using Quantum Dots
    7. Bioluminescent Imaging of Transplanted Islets
    8. Bioluminescence Reporter Gene Imaging of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Survival， Proliferation， and Fate
    9. Detection of Apoptosis Using Cyclic Luciferase in Living Mammals
    10. Noninvasive Bioluminescent Imaging of Infections
    11. Real-Time Bioluminescence Imaging of Viral Pathogenesis
    12. Bioluminescent Monitoring of In Vivo Colonization and Clearance Dynamics by Light-Emitting Bacteria
    13. Quantitative In Vivo Imaging of Non-viral-Mediated Gene Expression and RNAi-Mediated Knockdown
    14. Analysis of Protein-Protein Interactions Using Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer
    15. Bioluminescent Imaging of MAPK Function with Intein-Mediated Reporter Gene Assay
    16. Bioluminescence Analysis of Smad-Dependent TGF-[3 Signaling in Live Mice
    17. Bioluminescence Imaging of Calcium Oscillations Inside Intracellular Organelles
    18. Novel Tools for Use in Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer (BRET) Assays
    19. PIN-G Reporter for Imaging and Defining Trafficking Signals in Membrane Proteins
    20. Imaging β-Galactosidase Activity In Vivo Using Sequential Reporter-Enzyme Luminescence
    Index