Fol. Biol. 2010, 56, 66-71

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2010056020066

New Luminescence-Based Approach to Measurement of Luciferase Gene Expression Reporter Activity and Adenosine Triphosphate-Based Determination of Cell Viability

R. Konopka1, M. Hýžďalová1, Lukáš Kubala1, J. Pacherník2

1Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic
2Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Received June 2009
Accepted August 2009

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