New unstable variants of green fluorescent protein for studies of transient gene expression in bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2240-2246

  Andersen, Jens Bo ^a   Sternberg, Claus ^a   Poulsen, Lars Kongsbak ^b   Bjørn, Sara Petersen ^b   Givskov, Michael ^a   Molin, Søren ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; JELLYFISH; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0031746834     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.6.2240-2246.1998     Document Type: Article

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