Quantification of carotenoids in cells of Phaffia rhodozyma by autofluorescence

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1031-1034

  An, G H ^a,b   Suh, O S ^c   Kwon, H C ^a   Kim, K ^a   Johnson, E A ^b  

^a SunMoon University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Confocal microscopy; Fluorescence; Phaffia rhodozyma

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CALCULATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHAFFIA RHODOZYMA; YEAST CELL;

PHAFFIA RHODOZYMA;

EID: 0033914266     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005614010003     Document Type: Article

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