Bioluminescence: Fundamentals and Applications in Biotechnology - Volume 3

ISBN-13: 9783319801346 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 203 str.

Gerald Thouand; Robert Marks

Spis treści

Lux and luc genes as reporter reactions : how to use them in molecular biology ?.- Measurement of bioluminescence intensity and spectrum: current physical techniques and principles.- Structure, Mechanism and Mutation of Bacterial Luciferase.- Detection of metals and organometallic compounds with microbial bioluminescent bioassays.- Bioluminescent microbial biosensors applied to on line detection of chemicals.- Let there be light! Bioluminescent imaging to study bacterial pathogenesis in live animals and plants.- Uses of the Photoprotein Aequorin in Biotechnology: Fundamental Properties and Genetic Engineering.- Whole-Cell Biosensors as Tools for the Detection of Quorum Sensing Molecules: Uses in Diagnostics and the Investigation of the Quorum Sensing Mechanism.