Bioluminescence : Characteristics, Adaptations and Biotechnology

by Rodgerson, David J.

• ISBN13: 9781612097473
• ISBN10: 1612097472
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-11-30
• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc

Summary

This book presents current research data in the study of the characteristics, adaptations and biotechnology of bioluminescence. Topics discussed include ATP-Driven bioluminescence; the coupling of luciferases to nanomaterials; the characteristics and adaptations of bioluminescent bacterial biosensors for acyl-HSL signal detection, quantification and tentative identification of acyl-HSLs; using bacterial biosensors to determine the toxicity of nanomaterials and other xenobiotics and the visual spectral mechanisms and bioluminescent optical signaling in beetles.

Table of Contents

Preface

ATP-Driven Bioluminescence: Microbiological Detection & Quantification Used for the Assessment of Oral Health & Dental Caries Risk

New Methodologies Based on the Coupling of Luciferase with Nanomaterials

Bioluminescence Bioreporter Strains for the Detection of Quorum-Sensing N-acyl-Homoserine Lactone Signal Molecules

The Use of Bacterial Biosensors to Determine the Toxicity of Nanomaterials & other Xenobiotics

Bioluminescence: Characteristics, Adaptations & Biotechnology

Bioluminescence Resonant Energy Transfer as a Basis for a Novel Hypoxia Biosensor for in vivo Functional Imaging

Visual Spectral Mechanisms & Bioluminescent Optical Signaling in Beetles (Coleoptera: Lampyridae & Elateridae): Evidence for Adaptive Co-Evolution

Monitoring Temporal Gene Regulation & Transcription of Staphylococcus Aureus using Bioluminescence Reporter

BRET-Based Screening Assays in Seven-Transmembrane (7TM) Receptor Drug Discovery

Use of Bioluminescence in Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy

Index

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