Fluorescent reporters for Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-260

  Malone, Cheryl L ^a   Boles, Blaise R ^a   Lauderdale, Katherine J ^a   Thoendel, Matthew ^a   Kavanaugh, Jeffrey S ^a   Horswill, Alexander R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Fluorescent reporters; GFP; mCherry; Staphylococcus aureus; YFP

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR B; SMAD ANCHOR FOR RECEPTOR ACTIVATION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOFILM; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUORUM SENSING; RIBOSOME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BIOFILMS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENES, REPORTER; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PLASMIDS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 67349103106     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2009.02.011     Document Type: Article

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