One-Step High-Throughput Assay for Quantitative Detection of β-Galactosidase Activity in Intact Gram-Negative Bacteria, Yeast, and Mammalian Cells
Author(s) -
Faustino Vidal-Aroca,
Michele Giannattasio,
Elisa Brunelli,
Alessandro Vezzoli,
Paolo Plevani,
Marco Muzi-Falconi,
Giovanni Bertoni
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
biotechniques
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.617
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1940-9818
pISSN - 0736-6205
DOI - 10.2144/000112145
Subject(s) - bacteria , yeast , biology , gram , gram negative bacteria , high throughput screening , microbiology and biotechnology , saccharomyces cerevisiae , biochemistry , escherichia coli , genetics , gene
(shaded bars; left scale) are presented beside β-gal activity units determined on the indicated strains in the same conditions by ONPG-based assays (empty bars; right scale), performed using the traditional Miller method for bacteria (3) and crude protein extracts for yeast (1). MUG, 4-methylumbelliferyl β-d-galactopyranoside; ONPG, o-nitrophenyl-β-d-galactopyranoside; β-gal; β-galactosidase. BENCHMARKS
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