Constitutive and inducible expression of green fluorescent protein in Brucella suis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 6695-6697

  Köhler, Stephan ^a   Ouahrani Bettache, Safia ^a   Layssac, Marion ^a   Teyssier, Jacques ^a   Liautard, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE FUSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0345728479     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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