Green fluorescent protein as a marker in Rickettsia typhi transformation

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 3308-3311

  Troyer, Jill Michelle ^a   Radulovic, Suzana ^a   Azad, Abdu F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VERO CELL;

RICKETTSIA TYPHI;

EID: 0033045362     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.7.3308-3311.1999     Document Type: Article

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