Whole-cell biosensors for detection of heavy metal ions in environmental samples based on metallothionein promoters from Tetrahymena thermophila

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 513-522

  Amaro, Francisco ^a   Turkewitz, Aaron P ^b   Martín González, Ana ^a   Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; LUCIFERASE; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN I; METALLOTHIONEIN V; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ION; POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOSENSOR; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; REPORTER GENE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; WHOLE CELL BIOSENSOR; ANALYSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE FUSION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES; PROMOTER REGION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

EUKARYOTA; MYXOZOA; PROKARYOTA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; IONS; LUCIFERASES; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960087684     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2011.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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