Genetically engineered bacteria for genotoxicity assessment

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 5: Water Pollution

Volumn 5 J, Issue , 2009, Pages 161-186

  Biran, Alva ^a   Pedahzur, Rami ^a   Buchinger, Sebastian ^b   Reifferscheid, Georg ^b   Belkin, Shimshon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biosensors; Genetically engineered bacteria; Genotoxicity; Promoterreporter fusions; Reversion assays

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 66749190560     PISSN: 14336863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-36253-1_6     Document Type: Article

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