Published in Vaccine Weekly, July 5th, 2006
Study 1: According to recently published research from South Korea, gene expression can be imaged using firefly luciferase (Fluc) as a naked DNA.
"The administration of naked DNA into animals is increasing as a research tool to develop DNA vaccine. To monitor the distribution and duration of gene expression of a DNA vaccine in living organisms, we used the naked DNA encoding Fluc as an imaging reporter gene, and evaluated in vivo bioluminescent images in a murine model," wrote Y.H. Jeon and colleagues, Seoul National University.
"We observed...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2006-07-05)
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