Optimization of green fluorescent protein expression vectors for in vitro and in vivo detection of Listeria monocytogenes

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 353-360

  Fortineau, Nicolas ^a   Trieu Cuot, Patrick ^a   Gaillot, Olivier ^a   Pellegrini, Elisabeth ^a   Berche, Patrick ^a   Gaillard, Jean Louis ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Green fluorescent protein; Intracellular parasitism; Listeria monocytogenes; Shuttle vector

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; GENE INSERTION; JELLYFISH; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; SHUTTLE VECTOR;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MURINAE; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0033947995     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(00)00158-3     Document Type: Article

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