Selective detection of gold using genetically engineered bacterial reporters

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2553-2560

  Cerminati, Sebastián ^a   Soncini, Fernando C ^a   Checa, Susana K ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Au induced fluorescent reporter; Limits of Au detection; Salmonella GolS; Selective gold detection; Transgenic golTSB + E. coli strain; Whole cell bacterial biosensor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL BIOSENSOR; DETECTION LIMITS; E. COLI; EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; FLUORESCENT REPORTER; GFP REPORTER; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; INTRINSIC CHARACTERISTICS; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; LOW BACKGROUND; PARTS PER BILLION; REGULATORY PROTEIN; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SCREENING TOOL; SELECTIVE DETECTION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR; TRANSGENICS; WHOLE-CELL BIOSENSORS;

BIOSENSORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FADING (RADIO); FLUORESCENCE; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GOLD DEPOSITS; SALMONELLA; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DETECTORS;

GOLD; PROTEIN GOLS; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIOSENSOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

BACTERIA; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GOLD; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 80053089333     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.23213     Document Type: Article

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