Mechanism and use of the commercially available viability stain, BacLight

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-195

  Stocks, S M ^a  

^a NOVOZYMES A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; BacLight; Flow cytometry, image analysis; Fluorescence spectrum; Propidium iodide; SYTO9; Viability

Indexed keywords

BACLIGHT; DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; NUCLEIC ACID; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; SYTO9 STAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL VIABILITY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DNA BINDING; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

CELL SURVIVAL; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DNA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT DYES; KINETICS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PROPIDIUM; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 5444240746     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20069     Document Type: Article

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