Use of Saccharomyces cerevisiae BLYES expressing bacterial bioluminescence for rapid, sensitive detection of estrogenic compounds

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4455-4460

  Sanseverino, John ^a   Gupta, Rakesh K ^a,c   Layton, Alice C ^a   Patterson, Stacey S ^a,d   Ripp, Steven A ^a   Saidak, Leslie ^a   Simpson, Michael L ^a,b   Schultz, T Wayne ^a   Sayler, Gary S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; COLORIMETRY; GENES; YEAST;

CHEMICAL SENSING; ESTROGEN DISRUPTOR ACTIVITIES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST PROMOTERS;

BACTERIA;

17ALPHA ESTRADIOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ALDEHYDE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; NONYLPHENOL;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; COLORIMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGEN RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; FRP GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUX GENE; LUXA GENE; LUXB GENE; LUXC GENE; LUXD GENE; LUXE GENE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNTHESIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

NASA DISCIPLINE LIFE SCIENCES TECHNOLOGIES; NON-NASA CENTER;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ESTROGENS; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; LAC OPERON; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 23744487881     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.8.4455-4460.2005     Document Type: Article

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