Red but not dead? Membranes of stressed Saccharomyces cerevisiae are permeable to propidium iodide

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 163-171

  Davey, H M ^a   Hexley, P ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STAINING;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROPIDIUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STAINING AND LABELING; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 78650772915     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02317.x     Document Type: Article

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