Firefly luciferase as a reporter to study gene expression in Streptococcus mutans

Plasmid

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 154-157

  Goodman, Steven D ^a   Gao, Qian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; HALF LIFE TIME; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; REPORTER GENE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0032848108     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1999.1416     Document Type: Article

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