Amperometric measurement of copper ions with a deputy substrate using a novel Saccharomyces cerevisiae sensor

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 211-219

  Lehmann, Matthias ^a   Riedel, Klaus ^b   Adler, Klaus ^a   Kunze, Gotthard ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b Dr Bruno Lange GmbH Berlin   (Germany)

Author keywords

CUP1 promoter; Heavy metal ions; lacZ gene; Microbial sensor; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

AMPEROMETRIC SENSORS; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; OXYGEN; YEAST;

LACTOSE;

BIOSENSORS;

COPPER ION; METAL ION;

AMPEROMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; DRUG DETERMINATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; COPPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, FUNGAL; LAC OPERON; LACTOSE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034210911     PISSN: 09565663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-5663(00)00060-9     Document Type: Article

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