A simple system for converting lacZ to gfp reporter fusions in diverse bacteria

Gene

Volumn 372, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 219-226

  Goulian, Mark ^a   van der Woude, Marjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

All or none; Beta galactosidase; Bistable; Chromosomal fusion; Green fluorescent protein; Heterogeneous population; Single copy; Single cell fluorescence

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE FUSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUICIDE GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIA; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LAC OPERON; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM; VIRULENCE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33646035209     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.01.004     Document Type: Article

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