Alkaline phosphatase release assay to determine cytotoxicity for Listeria species

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 305-310

  Bhunia, A K ^a   Westbrook, D G ^a  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASES; LISTERIA; PHOSPHATASES;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; B LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOTOXICITY ASSAYS; L.MONOCYTOGENES; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITIES; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ASSAYS; LISTERIA SPECIES; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; SIMPLE++; STRAIN INDUCED;

CELLS;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME RELEASE; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LYMPHOID CELL LINE; TOXICITY TESTING;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA IVANOVII; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031842776     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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