Use of a luminescent bacterial biosensor for biomonitoring and characterization of arsenic toxicity of chromated copper arsenate (CCA)

Biodegradation

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-111

  Cai, Jie ^a   DuBow, Michael S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ars operon; Arsenic; Biosensor; CCA; Escherichia coli; Wood preservative

Indexed keywords

CHROMATED COPPER ARSENATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LUCIFERASE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE FUSION; WOOD PRESERVATIVES;

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; COLIFORM BACTERIA; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LUMINESCENCE; SALTS; TOXICITY; WOOD PRESERVATION;

BIOSENSORS;

ARSENIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHROMATED COPPER ARSENATE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OPERON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ARSENATES; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LUCIFERASES; OPERON; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030831954     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008281028594     Document Type: Article

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