Dose-response relationships and statistical performance of a battery of bacterial gene profiling assays

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 223-234

  Dardenne, F ^a   Nobels, I ^a   De Coen, W ^a   Blust, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assay performance; E. coli; Ecotoxicology; Gene profiling assay; Stress gene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH KINETICS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ASSAY PERFORMANCE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GENE PROFILING ASSAY; STRESS GENES;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

CADMIUM; METAL;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GROWTH CURVE; METAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOASSAY; DAPHNIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUSION; GROWTH CURVE; LC 50; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSGENE;

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LAC OPERON; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; PARAQUAT; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TOXICITY TESTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYPRINIDAE; DAPHNIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34247621923     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0808-5     Document Type: Article

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