New rfp- and pES213-derived tools for analyzing symbiotic Vibrio fischeri reveal patterns of infection and lux expression in situ

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 802-810

  Dunn, Anne K ^a   Millikan, Deborah S ^b   Adin, Dawn M ^a   Bose, Jeffrey L ^a   Stabb, Eric V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOLUMINESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH KINETICS; PROTEINS;

LIGHT ORGAN CRYPTS; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN (RFP); SYMBIOSIS;

PIGMENTS;

FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PLASMID VECTOR; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LUXC PROTEIN, BACTERIA; LUXD PROTEIN, BACTERIA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOTOPROTEIN;

FLUORESCENCE; HOST; IN SITU TEST; PLASMID; PROTEIN; SYMBIOSIS; TAGGING; VECTOR; VIRUS;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL DENSITY; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES; EXPERIMENTATION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HATCHLING; IN SITU ANALYSIS; INOCULATION; LUX GENE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID PES213; PROGENY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN VARIANT; REPLICON; RFP GENE; SHUTTLE VECTOR; SQUID; SYMBIOSIS; SYMBIOTIC INFECTION; VIBRIO FISCHERI; ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; CEPHALOPOD; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHALOPODA; EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DECAPODIFORMES; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLASMIDS; SYMBIOSIS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 33644859966     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.1.802-810.2006     Document Type: Article

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