Use of green fluorescent protein for detection of cell-specific gene expression and subcellular protein localization during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 733-740

  Lewis, Peter J ^a   Errington, Jeffery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Bacterial differentiation; Green fluorescent protein; Protein localization; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIAMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPOROGENESIS;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VICTORIA;

EID: 0029969436     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-142-4-733     Document Type: Article

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