Construction of a bacterial assay for estrogen detection based on an estrogen-sensitive intein

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2488-2495

  Liang, Rubing ^a   Zhou, Jing ^a   Liu, Jianhua ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BISPHENOL A; CHRYSENE; COLORIMETRIC ASSAYS; EFFECTIVE CONCENTRATION; ENDONUCLEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL ESTROGENS; ESTROGENIC ACTIVITIES; ESTROGENIC COMPOUNDS; GALACTOSIDASES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN ESTROGEN RECEPTORS; NEAR-REAL TIME; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIFIC SITES; WASTE SLUDGE;

BIOASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHENOLS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; YEAST;

CHEMICAL DETECTION;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA, HUMAN; INTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

BIOASSAY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TESTOSTERONE; WASTEWATER; YEAST;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHINA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CHINA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; INTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79953277531     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02336-10     Document Type: Article

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