Construction of transcriptional and translational lacZ gene reporter plasmids for use in Streptococcus mutans

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 163-171

  Honeyman, Allen L ^a   Cote, Christopher K ^a   Curtiss III, Roy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

lacZ; Reporter plasmids; S. mutans

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PYRANOSIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RNA TRANSLATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; LAC OPERON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0036162024     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(01)00368-2     Document Type: Article

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