Construction of green fluorescent protein reporter genes for genotoxicity test (SOS/umu-test) and improvement of mutagen-sensitivity

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 301-304

  Arai, Ryoichi ^a   Makita, Yukimasa ^a   Oda, Yoshimitsu ^b   Nagamune, Teruyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimeric promoter; Genotoxicity; Green fluorescent protein (GFP); recA mutant; Tandem promoter; umu test

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS (GFP);

GENES;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHIMERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034781417     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(01)80267-X     Document Type: Article

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