Expression of green fluorescent protein in Aureobasidium pullulans and quantification of the fungus on leaf surfaces

BioTechniques

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 686-690

  Vanden Wymelenberg, A J ^a   Cullen, D ^a   Spear, R N ^a   Schoenike, B ^a   Andrews, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; ECOLOGY; FUNGUS; GENE MUTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PLANT LEAF; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0030822588     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/97234st01     Document Type: Article

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