Expression of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) in Mycobacterium avium as a tool to study the interaction between Mycobacteria and host cells

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 193-198

  Parker, A E ^a   Bermudez, L E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Green fluorescent protein (GFP); Intracellular pathogen; Microbial pathogenesis; Mycobacterium avium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; ANIMALIA; BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; VICTORIA;

EID: 0031127558     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1996.0106     Document Type: Article

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