In vivo imaging of Lactococcus lactis, Lactobacillus plantarum and Escherichia coli expressing infrared fluorescent protein in mice

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Berlec, Aleš ^a   Završnik, Janja ^a   Butinar, Miha ^a   Turk, Boris ^a,b,c   Štrukelj, Borut ^a,c  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b Centre of Excellence for Integrated Approaches in Chemistry and Biology of Proteins   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; In vivo imaging; Infrared fluorescent protein; Lactic acid bacteria; Lactobacillus plantarum; Lactococcus lactis; Mice

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN IRFP713; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIFLUORESCENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; IN VIVO STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LARGE INTESTINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SMALL INTESTINE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STOMACH; STOMACH SECRETION; TISSUE CULTURE; ANIMAL; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GENETICS; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; TIME LAPSE IMAGING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTESTINES; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; OPTICAL IMAGING; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 84947445000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-015-0376-4     Document Type: Article

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