Whole cell biosensors for (eco)toxicity screening: Alternatives for the future

2005 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show - NSTI Nanotech 2005 Technical Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 497-500

  Robbens, J ^a   Maras, M ^a   Laureyn, W ^b   Blust, R ^a   De Coen, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

(Eco)toxicology; Environment; High throughput; Toxicological response profile (TRP); Whole cell biosensor

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL SENSORS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; TOXICITY;

(ECO)TOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTS; HIGH THROUGHPUT; TOXICOLOGICAL RESPONSE PROFILE (TRP); WHOLE CELL BIOSENSORS;

BIOSENSORS;

EID: 32044471263     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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