PH-sensitive carbon dots for the visualization of regulation of intracellular pH inside living pathogenic fungal cells

Carbon

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 388-395

  Jin, Xiaozhe ^a   Sun, Xiaobo ^a   Chen, Guo ^a   Ding, Laixuan ^a   Li, Yanhua ^a   Liu, Zhike ^a   Wang, Zhijian ^a   Pan, Wei ^a   Hu, Chunhui ^a   Wang, Jinping ^a  

^a QINGDAO AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGI; PH; PH SENSORS;

DOSE DEPENDENCES; EXTERNAL CONDITIONS; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; INTRACELLULAR PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; SYNTHESIZED CARBON; TRANSIENT REDUCTION;

CARBON;

EID: 84922714620     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.09.071     Document Type: Article

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