Reporter Readout

Using an easily measured signal, like light, as a stand-in for something that can't be measured directly.

References

• de Wet, J.R., Wood, K.V., DeLuca, M., Helinski, D.R., Subramani, S. "Firefly Luciferase Gene: Structure and Expression in Mammalian Cells." Molecular and Cellular Biology 7, no. 2 (1987): 725–737.