Design and characterization of auxotrophy-based amino acid biosensors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Bertels, Felix ^a   Merker, Holger ^a   Kost, Christian ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSENSOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME; EGFP GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84864063600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041349     Document Type: Article

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