A synthetic de-greening gene circuit provides a reporting system that is remotely detectable and has a re-set capacity

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 605-622

  Antunes, Mauricio S ^a   Ha, Suk Bong ^a,c   Tewari Singh, Neera ^a   Morey, Kevin J ^a   Trofka, Anna M ^a   Kugrens, Paul ^a   Deyholos, Michael ^b   Medford, June I ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological sensor; Biosensor; Chlorophyll; Genetic circuit; Remote detection reporter; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 33750078385     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2006.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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