Endotoxin assay by bioluminescence using mutant firefly luciferase

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 397, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-155

  Noda, Kenichi ^a   Goto, Hitoshi ^a   Murakami, Yuji ^a   Ahmed, Abo Bakr F ^a   Kuroda, Akio ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Endotoxin; Firefly luciferase; Limulus amebocyte lysate

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; PHOSPHORESCENCE;

COAGULATION FACTOR; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; ENDOTOXIN; ENDOTOXIN DETECTION; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; LIMULUS AMEBOCYTE LYSATE; LUMINESCENCE INTENSITY;

BIOLUMINESCENCE;

CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; ENDOTOXIN; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTOXIN DETECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

LIMULUS; MEROSTOMATA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 72049093210     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2009.10.025     Document Type: Article

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