Monitoring bioluminescent Staphylococcus aureus infections in living mice using a novel luxABCDE construct

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3594-3600

  Francis, Kevin P ^a   Joh, Danny ^a   Bellinger Kawahara, Carolyn ^a   Hawkinson, Matthew J ^a   Purchio, Tony F ^a   Contag, Pamela R ^a,b  

^a Xenogen Corporation   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOLUMINESCENCE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENETIC REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMOXICILLIN; ANIMALS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; HINDLIMB; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OPERON; PENICILLINS; PHOTORHABDUS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034043676     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.6.3594-3600.2000     Document Type: Article

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