Novel luciferase reporter system for in vitro and organ-specific monitoring of differential gene expression in Listeria monocytogenes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2876-2884

  Bron, Peter A ^a   Monk, Ian R ^a,b   Corr, Sinéad C ^a,b   Hill, Colin ^a,b   Gahan, Cormac G M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; BIOLUMINESCENCE; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH KINETICS; SUBSTRATES;

DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION; L. MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

MICROORGANISMS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CELLOBIOSE; HEMOLYSIN; LUCIFERASE;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; FATTY ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROORGANISM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CATALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MONITORING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CACO-2 CELLS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LIVER; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLASMIDS; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 33646077204     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.4.2876-2884.2006     Document Type: Article

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