Luminescent bacterial sensor for cadmium and lead

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 931-938

  Tauriainen, Sisko ^a   Karp, Matti ^a   Chang, Wei ^a   Virta, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Cadmium; Genetically modified microorganism; Lead; Luciferase; Metal bioavailability

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CADMIUM; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LEAD; LUMINESCENCE;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROORGANISM; LUCIFERASE; LUMINESCENT BACTERIAL SENSORS; METAL BIOAVAILABILITY;

BIOSENSORS;

ANTIMONY; CADMIUM; LEAD; LUCIFERASE; TIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSENSOR; FREEZE DRYING; GENE EXPRESSION; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; REPORTER GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEETLES; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CADMIUM; DNA PRIMERS; FREEZE DRYING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, REPORTER; LEAD; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; PLASMIDS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032532754     PISSN: 09565663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-5663(98)00027-X     Document Type: Article

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