A C. trachomatis Cloning Vector and the Generation of C. trachomatis Strains Expressing Fluorescent Proteins under the Control of a C. trachomatis Promoter

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Agaisse, Hervé ^a   Derré, Isabelle ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN MCHERRY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL DEVELOPMENTAL CYCLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM REPLICATION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CELL FUSION; CELL INCLUSION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLONING VECTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC EXPERIMENT; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; INCD GENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TIME-LAPSE VIDEO MICROSCOPY; WILD TYPE;

CELL LINE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; OPERON;

EID: 84874132591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057090     Document Type: Article

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