An effective strategy for a whole-cell biosensor based on putative effector interaction site of the regulatory dmpr protein

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Gupta, Saurabh ^a,c   Saxena, Mritunjay ^a   Saini, Neeru ^a   Mahmooduzzafar, ^c   Kumar, Rita ^a   Kumar, Anil ^b  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^c HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 CHLOROPHENOL; 2 NITROPHENOL; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOL; 2,4 XYLENOL; 2,4,6 TRICHLOROPHENOL; 4 NITROPHENOL; DIMETHYLPHENOL REGULATORY PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; ORTHO CRESOL; PHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSENSOR; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; LUC GENE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84865289177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043527     Document Type: Article

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