Filipin is a reliable in situ marker of ergosterol in the plasma membrane of germinating conidia (spores) of Penicillium discolor and stains intensively at the site of germ tube formation

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 74, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 64-73

  Van Leeuwen, M R ^a   Smant, W ^b   de Boer, W ^b   Dijksterhuis, J ^a  

^a STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conidia; Ergosterol; Filipin; Germination; Penicillium discolor; Polarization; Sterol rich cap

Indexed keywords

ERGOSTEROL; FILIPIN; NATAMYCIN; STEROL;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGUS SPORE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM DISCOLOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STAIN;

CELL MEMBRANE; ERGOSTEROL; FILIPIN; FLUORESCENCE; GENE DELETION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PENICILLIUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPORES, FUNGAL; STAINING AND LABELING;

PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM DISCOLOR; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 46549085448     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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