Microbial whole-cell arrays

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-148

  Elad, Tal ^a   Lee, Jin Hyung ^b   Belkin, Shimshon ^a   Gu, Man Bock ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BAYES THEOREM; BIOCHIP; BIOSENSOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; IMMOBILIZED CELL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WHOLE CELL; WHOLE CELL ARRAY;

BACTERIA; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 48749089564     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2007.00021.x     Document Type: Review

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