Construction of a Sinorhizobium meliloti strain carrying a stable and non-transmissible chromosomal single copy of the green fluorescent protein GFP-P64L/S65T

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 165-170

  Pistorio, M ^a   Balague L J ^a   Del Papa, M F ^a   Pich Otero, A ^a   Lodeiro, A ^a   Hozbor, D F ^a   Lagares, A ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Green fluorescent protein; Nodulation; Sinorhizobium meliloti; Soil

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NITROGEN; TETRACYCLINE;

ALFALFA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC STABILITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RHIZOBIACEAE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOIL MICROFLORA;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHENOTYPE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO SATIVA; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0037057153     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)00812-1     Document Type: Article

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