Bacterial bioluminescent emission from recombinant Escherichia coli harboring a recA::luxCDABE fusion

Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-56

  Gu, Man Bock ^a   Min, Jiho ^a   Larossa, Robert A ^b  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA damaging agents; Luciferase activity; recA promoter; SOS response

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOS CHROMOTEST;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MITOMYCIN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PHENOL; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034632960     PISSN: 0165022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-022X(00)00100-7     Document Type: Article

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