Characterization of a new solvent-responsive gene locus in Pseudomonas putida F1 and its functionalization as a versatile biosensor

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1309-1327

  Phoenix, P ^a   Keane, A ^a,b   Patel, A ^a   Bergeron, H ^a   Ghoshal, S ^b   Lau, P C K ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SOLVENT; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOSE OPERON; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLLUTANT; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; LAC OPERON; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOLVENTS; TOLUENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0347567135     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2003.00426.x     Document Type: Article

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