Examination of Listeria monocytogenes intracellular gene expression by using the green fluorescent protein of Aequorea victoria

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1844-1852

  Freitag, Nancy E ^a   Jacobs, Kathleen E ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL INVASION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL VACUOLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST CELL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0033034096     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.67.4.1844-1852.1999     Document Type: Article

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