Green fluorescent protein-based reporter systems for genetic analysis of bacteria including monocopy applications

Gene

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 69-74

  Suarez, Antonio ^a,b   Güttler, Andrea ^b   Strätz, Michael ^b   Staendner, Lothar H ^b   Timmis, Kenneth N ^b   Guzmán, Carlos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAT; GFP; Reporter system; Transposon

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; CLONING VECTOR; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; REPORTER GENE; TRANSPOSON; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

BACTERIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTAGENESIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

ALCALIGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0342506458     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00197-2     Document Type: Article

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