Strategies for enhancing bioluminescent bacterial sensor performance by promoter region manipulation

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 300-310

  Yagur Kroll, Sharon ^a   Bilic, Benny ^a   Belkin, Shimshon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NALIDIXIC ACID; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PROMOTER REGION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIA; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77953605121     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2009.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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