Direct and indirect use of GFP whole cell biosensors for the assessment of bioprocess performances: Design of milliliter scale-down bioreactors

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-59

  Brognaux, Alison ^a   Thonart, Philippe ^a   Delvigne, Frank ^a   Neubauer, Peter ^b   Twizere, Jean Claude ^a   Francis, Frédéric ^a   Gorret, Nathalie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c INSA   (France)

Author keywords

Fluorescent reporter; Microbial stress; Protein leakage; Scale down; Scale up

Indexed keywords

BIOPROCESSES; FED BATCHES; FLUORESCENT REPORTER; GFP EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HIGH THROUGHPUT; LOCAL HETEROGENEITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROBIAL BIOSENSOR; PROTEIN LEAKAGES; SCALE-DOWN; SCALE-UP; SHAKE FLASKS; SLOW RELEASE; SUBSTRATE LIMITATION; SUPERNATANTS; WHOLE-CELL BIOSENSORS;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUBSTRATES;

BIOSENSORS;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84873288059     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: 15206033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.1660     Document Type: Article

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