"Firefly rats" as an organ/cellular source for long-term in vivo bioluminescent imaging.

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Published in Transplantation on April 27, 2006

Authors

Yoji Hakamata1, Takashi Murakami, Eiji Kobayashi

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Organ Replacement Research, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.

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