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Radionuclide imaging with cellular-scale resolution allows characterization of biological processes and metabolic fluxes in single live cells. In this protocol, we describe how to image radiotracer uptake with single-cell resolution and compare the method to conventional bulk-scale gamma counting. We describe the utility of both techniques, give examples where each technique is recommended, and provide detailed side-by-side instructions for both techniques.
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Sengupta, D., Pratx, G. (2019). Radioluminescence Microscopy: A Quantitative Method for Radioisotopic Imaging of Metabolic Fluxes in Living Cancer Cells. In: Haznadar, M. (eds) Cancer Metabolism. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1928. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9027-6_3
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