The construction and application of a lux-based nitrate biosensor

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 355-360

  Prest, A G ^a,b   Winson, M K ^c   Hammond, J R M ^d   Stewart, G S A B ^b  

^a Bass Technical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d BRF International   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSORS; DNA; NITRATES;

E. COLI; E. COLI BIOSENSORS; ENTERIC BACTERIA; NITRATE BIOSENSORS; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASE REGULATIONS; REGULATORY PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTIONAL FUSION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERIC BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OBESUMBACTERIUM PROTEUS; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS;

EID: 0030927795     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00064.x     Document Type: Article

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