Detection of rhythmic bioluminescence from luciferase reporters in cyanobacteria

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 362, Issue , 2007, Pages 115-129

  Mackey, Shannon R ^a   Ditty, Jayna L ^a   Clerico, Eugenia M ^a   Golden, Susan S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Circadian rhythm; Cyanobacteria; Luciferase; Neutral site; Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 6301; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942;

ALKANAL MONOOXYGENASE (FMN LINKED); FIREFLY LUCIFERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; REPORTER GENE; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; LUCIFERASES, BACTERIAL; LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY; LUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; PLASMIDS; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 34248592701     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1385/1-59745-257-2:115     Document Type: Article

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