Permeabilization of Beauveria bassiana blastospores for in situ enzymatic assays

Mycologia

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 976-981

  Chelico, Linda ^a   Khachatourians, George G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Deoxythymidine triphosphate; In situ; Permeabilization; galactosidase

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; FUNGUS;

BEAUVERIA; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI;

EID: 0345014860     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2004.11833056     Document Type: Article

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