Genetic tools for tagging Gram-negative bacteria with mCherry for visualization in vitro and in natural habitats, biofilm and pathogenicity studies

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 305, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-90

  Lagendijk, Ellen L ^a   Validov, Shamil ^a   Lamers, Gerda E M ^a   De Weert, Sandra ^a   Bloemberg, Guido V ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autofluorescent proteins; Biofilm; GFP; MCherry; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GLASS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT; HOST RANGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS; TOMATO; TRANSPOSON;

BIOFILMS; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUOROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PLANT ROOTS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PSEUDOMONAS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 77749293132     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.01916.x     Document Type: Article

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