Sensitive determination of urinary mercury(II) by a bioluminescent transgenic bacteria-based biosensor

Analytical Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-41

  Roda, Aldo ^a   Pasini, Patrizia ^a   Mirasoli, Mara ^a   Guardigli, Massimo ^a   Russo, Carmela ^a   Musiani, Monica ^a   Baraldini, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biosensors; Dental amalgam; Luminescence; Mercury; Transgenic bacteria; Urinary mercury

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DENTAL ALLOY; HEAVY METAL; LUCIFERASE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSOR; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; URINALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0035094789     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/AL-100002702     Document Type: Article

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