Construction of a whole-cell gene reporter for the fluorescent bioassay of nitrate

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 328, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 60-66

  Taylor, Clare J ^a   Bain, Lindsey A ^a   Richardson, David J ^a   Spiro, Stephen ^a,b   Russell, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Enhanced green fluorescent protein; Escherichia coli; Gene reporter; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GENE ENCODING; PROTEINS; REDOX REACTIONS;

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATIONS; REGULATORY REGIONS; TRIMETHYLAMINE N OXIDES;

NITRATES;

AZIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITRITE; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOASSAY; BIOSENSOR; CELL MATURATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 1842736535     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2004.01.013     Document Type: Article

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