L5 luciferase reporter mycobacteriophages: a sensitive tool for the detection and assay of live mycobacteria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1055-1067

  Sarkis, Gary J ^a   Jacobs, William R ^b   Hatfulll, Graham F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ETHAMBUTOL; GENES, REPORTER; GENES, STRUCTURAL, INSECT; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOME, VIRAL; ISONIAZID; LUCIFERASE; LYSOGENY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIOPHAGES; MYCOBACTERIUM; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RIFAMPIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOMYCIN; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0028940695     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1995.tb02281.x     Document Type: Article

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