In vitro and in vivo expression studies of yopE from Yersinia enterocolitica using the gfp reporter gene

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 865-882

  Jacobi, C A ^a   Roggenkamp, A ^a   Rakin, A ^a   Zumbihl, R ^a   Leitritz, L ^a   Heesemann, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOSOL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LASER MICROSCOPY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; NEUTROPHILS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0031735168     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01128.x     Document Type: Article

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