Applications of autofluorescent proteins for in situ studies in microbial ecology

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2005, Pages 257-277

  Larrainzar, Estibaliz ^a   O'Gara, Fergal ^a   Morrissey, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biosensor; DsRed; GFP; Microbe plant interactions

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOFILM; BIOSENSOR; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DERIVATIZATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ECOSYSTEM; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PLANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DISCOSOMA STRIATA;

EID: 27144452560     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.59.030804.121350     Document Type: Review

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