A fluorescent, genetically engineered microorganism that degrades organophosphates and commits suicide when required

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 749-756

  Li, Qin ^a,b   Wu, Yi Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Genetically engineered bacteria; Green fluorescent protein; Organophosphorus hydrolase; Suicide

Indexed keywords

CODING SEQUENCES; CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS; ENCODING GENES; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNALS; EXTRACELLULAR; FUSION GENES; GENETICALLY ENGINEERED BACTERIA; GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MICROORGANISMS; GREEN FLUORESCENCES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE PROMOTERS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS HYDROLASE; POTENTIAL RISKS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SUICIDE;

BACTERIOLOGY; ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; FLUORESCENCE; GEMS; GENE ENCODING; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PROTEINS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PLASMID;

ARABINOSE; ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, TRANSGENIC, SUICIDE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 61449233980     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-1857-3     Document Type: Article

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