Engineering Biological Approaches for Detection of Toxic Compounds: A New Microbial Biosensor Based on the Pseudomonas putida TtgR Repressor

Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 558-564

  Espinosa Urgel, Manuel ^a   Serrano, Luis ^b   Ramos, Juan Luis ^a   Fernández Escamilla, Ana María ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Extrusion efflux pump; Microbial biosensor; Pseudomonas; TtgR repressor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; EXTRUSION; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; EFFLUX PUMPS; MICROBIAL BIOSENSOR; PSEUDOMONAS; TTGR REPRESSOR;

BIOSENSORS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DANGEROUS GOODS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TTGR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

ANALYSIS; DANGEROUS GOODS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84939989586     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: 15590305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12033-015-9849-2     Document Type: Article

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