The cellular response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)

Journal of Saudi Chemical Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 147-154

  Phillips, Chantelle L ^a   Yah, Clarence S ^a,c   Iyuke, Sunny E ^a   Rumbold, Karl ^b   Pillay, Viness ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c National Centre for Occupational Health   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbon Nanotubes; Cellular response; Saccharomyces; Toxicity; Uptake

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857673380     PISSN: 13196103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jscs.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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