The sea pansy Renilla reniformis luciferase serves as a sensitive bioluminescent reporter for differential gene expression in Candida albicans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 121-129

  Srikantha, Thyagarajan ^a   Klapach, Aimee ^a   Lorenz, W Walter ^b   Tsai, Luong K ^a   Laughlin, Laura A ^c   Gorman, Jessica A ^c   Soll, David R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^d 138 BB ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; RENILLA LUCIFERASE; RENILLA MULLERI; RENILLA RENIFORMIS; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0030025171     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.1.121-129.1996     Document Type: Article

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