Green fluorescent protein (GFP)-labeling of enterobacteria associated with fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) and persistence in their natural host Rhagoletis completa Cresson

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 969-973

  Martinez Sañudo, Isabel ^a   Savio, Claudia ^a   Mazzon, Luca ^a   Girolami, Vincenzo ^a   Ciolfi, Silvia ^b   Marri, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Enterobacteriaceae; Green fluorescent protein; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AFFINITY LABELING; BACTERIAL GENE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FLY; INSECT GENETICS; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; LARVA; MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); RAOULTELLA; RHAGOLETIS COMPLETA; SUICIDE TRANSGENE; TEPHRITIDAE;

ANIMALS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; LARVA; PLASMIDS; STAINING AND LABELING; TEPHRITIDAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HEXAPODA; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; RAOULTELLA; RHAGOLETIS COMPLETA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 80055027982     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w11-057     Document Type: Note

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