One-step high-throughput assay for quantitative detection of β-galactosidase activity in intact Gram-negative bacteria, yeast and mammalian cells

BioTechniques

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 433-440

  Vidal Aroca, Faustino ^a   Giannattasio, Michele ^a   Brunelli, Elisa ^a   Vezzoli, Alessandro ^a   Plevani, Paolo ^a   Muzi Falconi, Marco ^a   Bertoni, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; FLUORESCENT DYE; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; YEAST; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL STRAIN 3T3; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENES, REPORTER; MICE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 33646854383     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000112145     Document Type: Review

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