Exploring the mechanism of competence development in Escherichia coli using quantum dots as fluorescent probes

Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-66

  Li, Wenhua ^a   Xie, Haiyan ^a   Xie, Zhixiong ^a   Lu, Zhexue ^a   Ou, Jianhong ^a   Chen, Xiangdong ^a   Shen, Ping ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

E. coli competence; Mechanism; Penetrability; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0242330144     PISSN: 0165022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-022X(03)00154-4     Document Type: Article

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