Stable, site-specific fluorescent tagging constructs optimized for burkholderia species

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 7635-7640

  Norris, Michael H ^b   Kang, Yun ^b   Wilcox, Bruce ^a,b   Hoang, Tung T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; FLUORESCENT LABELING; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT TAGGING; SITE-SPECIFIC;

OPTIMIZATION;

FLUORESCENCE;

HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; FLUORESCENCE; OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN; TRACKING;

ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA; FLUORESCENCE; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; STAINING; TRANSPOSON;

BURKHOLDERIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC VECTORS; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STAINING AND LABELING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA THAILANDENSIS;

EID: 78649703989     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01188-10     Document Type: Article

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