The Comamonas testosteroni steroid biosensor system (COSS)-Reflection on other methods

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 121, Issue 3-5, 2010, Pages 633-640

  Maser, Edmund ^a   Xiong, Guangming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Comamonas testosteroni; Environmental steroids; Steroid biosensor; Steroid detection

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; STEROID; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CELL CULTURE; COMAMONADACEAE; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; CYTOSOL; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEOBACTERIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; YEAST;

ANDROGENS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTROGENS; HUMANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI;

EID: 77955425987     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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