An optimized triple modality reporter for quantitative in vivo tumor imaging and therapy evaluation.

We present an optimized triple modality reporter construct combining a far-red fluorescent protein (E2-Crimson), enhanced firefly luciferase enzyme (Luc2), and truncated wild type herpes simplex virus I thymidine kinase (wttk) that allows for sensitive, long-term tracking of tumor growth in vivo by...

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Main Authors: Rachel A Levin, Csilla N Felsen, Jin Yang, John Y Lin, Michael A Whitney, Quyen T Nguyen, Roger Y Tsien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4016317?pdf=render