Chapter 5 Biosensors for Ligand Detection

Advances in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue , 2008, Pages 137-166

  East, Alison K ^a   Mauchline, Tim H ^b   Poole, Philip S ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; LIGAND; UROPORPHYRINOGEN; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOTOPROTEIN;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSOR; NONHUMAN; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; GENETIC PROCEDURES;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; LIGANDS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 43149117019     PISSN: 00652164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2164(08)00405-X     Document Type: Review

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