Comparison of Vibrio and firefly luciferases as reporter gene systems for use in bacteria and plants

Australian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-83

  Mudge, Stephen R ^a   Lewis Henderson, Wendy R ^a   Birch, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Arabidopsis; E. coli; LUC; LUX; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS SPP.; NICOTIANA SPP.;

EID: 0030038320     PISSN: 03107841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PP9960075     Document Type: Article

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