Uptake of CdSe and CdSe/ZnS quantum dots into bacteria via purine-dependent mechanisms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2548-2557

  Kloepfer, J A ^a   Mielke, R E ^a   Nadeau, J L ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CELLS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYMES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

MUTANTS; ORGANIC LAYERS; PURINE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

ADENINE; ADENINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; CADMIUM; DEAMINASE; EDETIC ACID; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM; ZINC SULFIDE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXOCYTOSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ADENINE; ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; CADMIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGHT; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM; SULFIDES; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 18444406877     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.5.2548-2557.2005     Document Type: Article

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