Flow cytometric investigation of heterogeneous copper-sensitivity in asynchronously grown Saccharomyces cerevisiae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 379-386

  Howlett, Niall G ^a   Avery, Simon V ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Flow cytometry; Metal toxicity; Reactive oxygen species; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DICHLORODIHYDROFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE; FUNGAL DNA; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TOXICITY;

CELL CYCLE; COPPER; DNA, FUNGAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; OXIDANTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032989750     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00264-5     Document Type: Article

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