Flow cytometric determination of endocytosis of viable labelled Legionella pneumophila by Acanthamoeba palestinensis

Cytometry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-274

  Harf, C ^a   Goffinet, S ^a   Meunier, O ^a   Monteil, H ^a   Colin, D A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b Institut de Bacteriologie   (France)

Author keywords

Amoeba; Bacteria; CM DiI; Epifluorescence; Flow cytometry; Internalization; Lipophilic fluorescent probe

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCYTOSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030942942     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19970301)27:3<269::AID-CYTO9>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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