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Rapid and sensitive pollutant detection by induction of heat shock gene-bioluminescence gene fusions.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 May 1994
Van Dyk T K, Majarian W R, Konstantinov K B, Young R M, Dhurjati P S, LaRossa R A
Abstract excerpt
Heat shock gene expression is induced by a variety of environmental stresses, including the presence of many chemicals. To address the utility of this response for pollutant detection, two Escherichia coli heat shock promoters, dnaK and grpE, were fused to the lux genes of Vibrio fischeri. Metals, solvents, crop protection chemicals, and other organic molecules rapidly induced light production from E. coli...
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