Experimental and computational validation of models of fluorescent and luminescent reporter genes in bacteria

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  de Jong, Hidde ^b   Ranquet, Caroline ^a,b   Ropers, Delphine ^b   Pinel, Corinne ^a,b   Geiselmann, Johannes ^a,b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b INRIA RHÔNE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KINETICS; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLASMID; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; KINETICS; LUMINESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77951576054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-4-55     Document Type: Article

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