Caulobacter crescentus as a whole-cell uranium biosensor

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 7615-7621

  Hillson, Nathan J ^a   Hu, Ping ^b   Andersen, Gary L ^b   Shapiro, Lucy ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c B300 Beckman MS5329 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; GENES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METALS; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITRATES; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; ULTRAVIOLET LAMPS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; BIO SENSOR; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; FIELD RESEARCH CENTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MICROARRAY EXPERIMENTS; MICROMOLAR LEVELS; MINIMAL SAMPLE; ON-DEMAND; URANYL CATION;

URANIUM;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GROUND WATER; LEAD; NITRATE; URANIUM; URANYL NITRATE; HYBRID PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SENSOR; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URANIUM RESPONSE IN CAULOBACTER A GENE; WHOLE CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CADMIUM; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CHROMIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LEAD; NITRATES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 38449091765     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01566-07     Document Type: Article

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