An alkaline phosphatase reporter for use in Clostridium difficile

Anaerobe

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-104

  Edwards, Adrianne N ^a   Pascual, Ricardo A ^a   Childress, Kevin O ^a   Nawrocki, Kathryn L ^a   Woods, Emily C ^a   McBride, Shonna M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; AP; BCIP; Clostridium difficile; PhoZ; PNP; Reporter; XP

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PHOZ GENE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ORDER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; PLASMID;

CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; MAMMALIA; POSIBACTERIA;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ORDER; GENES, REPORTER; PLASMIDS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84921775304     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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