Detection of antistaphylococcal and toxic compounds by biological assay systems developed with a reporter Staphylococcus aureus strain harboring a heat inducible promoter - lacZ transcriptional fusion

Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 936-943

  Chanda, Palas Kumar ^a   Ganguly, Tridib ^a   Das, Malabika ^a   Chia, Yen Lee ^b   Luong, Thanh T ^b   Sau, Subrata ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Biological assay system; Heat shock promoters; Reporter S. aureus strain

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 36949025486     PISSN: 12258687     EISSN: 02191024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2007.40.6.936     Document Type: Article

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