Bioluminescent bioreporter integrated circuits: Potentially small, rugged and inexpensive whole-cell biosensors for remote environmental monitoring

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-46

  Nivens, D E ^a   McKnight, T E ^b   Moser, S A ^a   Osbourn, S J ^a   Simpson, M L ^a,b   Sayler, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; MOS DEVICES; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; TIMING CIRCUITS;

APPLICATION-SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; BIOLUMINESCENT BIOREPORTER INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES; MICRO-ORGANISMS; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MONITORING CAPABILITIES; OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; REPORTER GENE; WHOLE-CELL BIOSENSORS;

ENCLOSURES;

METAL OXIDE;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIOLOGY;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSOR; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIODE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL DETECTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0842265596     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.02114.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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