Green fluorescent protein (GFP) as a reporter gene for the plant pathogenic oomycete Phytophthora palmivora

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-80

  Van West, Pieter ^a   Reid, Brian ^a   Campbell, Tracey A ^a   Sandrock, Robert W ^b,d   Fry, William E ^b   Kamoun, Sophien ^c   Gow, Neil A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Arcaris   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucuronidase; Green fluorescent protein; Oomycete; Phytophthora palmivora

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OOMYCETES; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALGAL PROTEINS; ANIMALS; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANTS; SCYPHOZOA; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

PHYTOPHTHORA PALMIVORA;

EID: 0032774438     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00320-1     Document Type: Article

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