A dual-color bacterial reporter strain for the detection of toxic and genotoxic effects

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 319-323

  Hever, N ^a   Belkin, Shimshon ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSENSORS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ETHANOL; FLUORESCENCE; TOXICITY;

BACTERIAL REPORTER STRAIN; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; STRESS-RESPONSIVE PROMOTERS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ALCOHOL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; LEXA PROTEIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; RECA PROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

BACTERIA; BIOSENSORS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHANOL; FLUORESCENCE; TOXICITY;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOTOXICITY; MUTATION; PLASMID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSENSOR; CELL FUNCTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUOROMETRY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOTOXICITY; HEAT SHOCK; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33746038937     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200620132     Document Type: Article

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