Reevaluation of the effect of lysoyzme on Escherichia coli employing ultrarapid freezing followed by cryoelectronmicroscopy or freeze substitution

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 297-304

  Wild, P ^a   Gabrieli, A ^a   Schraner, E M ^a   Pellegrini, A ^a   Thomas, U ^a   Frederik, P M ^b   Stuart, M C A ^b   Von Fellenberg, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bactericidal activity; Disintegration; Immunolabeling; Lysis; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREEZING; MEMBRANES; POLYSACCHARIDES;

BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; E. COLI; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNOLABELLING; IN-VITRO; LYSE; OUTER MEMBRANE; PEPTIDOGLYCANS;

ENZYMES;

LYSOZYME;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREEZE DRYING; FREEZING; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0030693282     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19971101)39:3<297::AID-JEMT8>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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