Detection of alkanes, alcohols, and aldehydes using bioluminescence

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 170-177

  Minak Bernero, Vera ^a   Bare, Richard E ^a   Haith, Copper E ^a   Grossman, Matthew J ^a,b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b BioSage   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohols, and aldehydes; Bacterial luciferase; Biocatalysis; Biosensor; Detection of alkanes; High throughput screening; Oxidation catalysts

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDES; BIOLUMINESCENCE; LIGHT EMISSION; PARAFFINS;

MICROMOLAR RANGE; PRIMARY ALCOHOLS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE; ALKANAL MONOOXYGENASE (FMN LINKED); ALKANE; ALKANE HYDROXYLASE; LUCIFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE GENE; ALKANE HYDROXYLASE GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL LUCIFERASE GENE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSOR; CATALYST; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

1-OCTANOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDES; ALKANE 1-MONOOXYGENASE; ALKANES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ALCOHOLS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; LUCIFERASES, BACTERIAL; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; OCTANES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 3042797206     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20089     Document Type: Article

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