Analysis of gene expression of bifidobacteria using as the reporter an anaerobic fluorescent protein

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1405-1413

  Montenegro Rodríguez, Cynthia ^a   Peirotén, Angela ^a   Sanchez Jimenez, Abel ^b   Arqués, Juan Luis ^a   Landete, José Mª ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaerobic fluorescent protein; Bifidobacteria; Elongation factor P promoter; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ELONGATION; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PROTEINS;

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; BIFIDOBACTERIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CONSTITUTIVE PROMOTERS; ELONGATION FACTOR; ELONGATION FACTOR TU; FLUORESCENCE SIGNALS; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

GENE EXPRESSION;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM;

ELONGATION FACTOR; FACTOR EF-P; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84930381298     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-015-1802-8     Document Type: Article

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