A progesterone biosensor derived from microbial screening
Bacteria represent an unexploited reservoir of biosensing proteins. Here the authors use genomic screens and functional assays to isolate a progesterone sensing allosteric transcription factor and use a FRET-based method to develop an optical progesterone sensor.
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-03-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14942-5 |