Exogenous alkaline phosphatase activity of algal cells determined by fluorimetric and flow cytometric detection of soluble enzyme products (4-methyl-umbelliferone, fluorescein)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 993-999

  Bruckmeier, Bernhard ^a   Eisenmann, Heinrich ^a   Beisker, Wolfgang ^a   Simon, Ute ^b   Steinberg, Christian E W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell halo; Chlamydomonas; Enzyme kinetics; Exogenous phosphatase; Flow cytometry; Fluorogenic substrate; Phosphorus starvation; Single cell analysis

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATASE;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 26844432468     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.00127.x     Document Type: Article

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