Designing a synthetic mercury biosensor that produces luminescence upon induction, what are the genes/promoters/proteins/plasmids etc. responsible for this reaction and how does mercury induction cause light emission (what is the signalling pathway or reaction)?

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Designing a synthetic mercury biosensor that produces luminescence upon induction, what are the genes/promoters/proteins/plasmids etc. responsible for this reaction and how does mercury induction cause light emission (what is the signalling pathway or reaction)? 

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