Development of a tetracycline-inducible gene expression system for the study of Helicobacter pylori pathogenesis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 7351-7359

  Debowski, Aleksandra W ^a   Verbrugghe, Phebe ^a   Sehnal, Miriam ^a   Marshall, Barry James ^a   Benghezal, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMAL LOCATION; CHRONIC INFECTION; CONDITIONAL EXPRESSIONS; DELETION MUTANTS; EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GFP EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; UREA;

GENES;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; COLONIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; MUTATION; PATHOGEN; PROTEIN;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 84886385857     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02701-13     Document Type: Article

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