Visualization of phospholipid domains in Escherichia coli by using the cardiolipin-specific fluorescent dye 10-N-nonyl acridine orange

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1172-1175

  Mileykovskaya, Eugenia ^a   Dowhan, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; CARDIOLIPIN; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; CARDIOLIPINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033956407     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.4.1172-1175.2000     Document Type: Article

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