Biosensing systems based on genetically engineered whole cells

Recognition Receptors in Biosensors

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 565-598

  Struss, Anjali Kumari ^a   Pasini, Patrizia ^a   Daunert, Sylvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensors; Genetic engineering; Luminescence; Promoter; Receptor; Regulatory protein; Reporter genes; Whole cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952997286     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0919-0_14     Document Type: Chapter

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