Construction of promoter probe vectors for Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 using the light-emitting reporter systems Gfp and LuxAB

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 185-194

  Kunert, Anja ^a   Hagemann, Martin ^a   Erdmann, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

GFP; Iron stress; LuxAB; Promoter probe vectors; Salt stress; Synechocystis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CYANOBACTERIUM; EXPRESSION VECTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

ALDEHYDES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA PROBES; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033839723     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(00)00162-7     Document Type: Article

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