Bacterial plasmid conjugation on semi-solid surfaces monitored with the green fluorescent protein (GFP) from Aequorea victoria as a marker

Gene

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-65

  Christensen, B B ^a   Sternberg, C ^a   Molin, S ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Colony development; Colony morphology; Horizontal gene transfer; Pseudomonas putida; TOL plasmid

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; RNA POLYMERASE;

BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CELL LABELING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; JELLYFISH; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0029898337     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00707-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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