Title :
Enzyme-based Labeling of Tumor Boundaries
Author :
Haushalter, Jeanne P. ; Amin, Khalid ; Chao, Wan-Ru ; Kauweloa, Kevin ; Haroon, Zishan ; Faris, Gregory W.
Author_Institution :
SRI Int., Menlo Park
Abstract :
We are developing a method for labeling tumor boundaries. An enzyme involved in wound healing covalently links a fluorescent-labeled substrate into the growing tumor boundary. We have performed in vitro assays to study this method.
Keywords :
enzymes; molecular biophysics; tumours; enzyme; in vitro assays; tumor boundaries labeling; wound healing; Biochemistry; Breast cancer; Breast neoplasms; Chaos; Fluorescence; In vitro; Labeling; Physics; Proteins; Wounds;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452353
