Mitochondrial alterations and autofluorescent conversion of Candida albicans induced by histatins

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 219-228

  Diaz, Giacomo ^a   Polonelli, Luciano ^b   Conti, Stefania ^b   Messana, Irene ^a   Cabras, Tiziana ^a   Putzolu, Martina ^a   Falchi, Angela Maria ^a   Fadda, Maria Elisabetta ^a   Cosentino, Sofia ^a   Isola, Raffaella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Fluorescent probes; Mitochondria; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA; CHAINS; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PROBES;

AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CALCEIN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; ENERGY DEPENDENT; FLUORESCENT PROBES; HISTATIN; MITOCHONDRIAS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RESPIRATORY CHAINS;

MITOCHONDRIA;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCEIN; DIHYDROFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; FLAVOPROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; HISTATIN; KETOCONAZOLE; LIPOFUSCIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; TETRAMETHYLRHODAMINE ETHYL ESTER; TETRAMETHYLRHODAMINE METHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; CELL SIZE; CYTOTOXICITY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 21344469054     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20161     Document Type: Article

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