Nile red fluorescence screening facilitating neutral lipid phenotype determination in budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 97-106

  Rostron, Kerry A ^a   Rolph, Carole E ^a   Lawrence, Clare L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neutral lipids; Nile red; Phenotype; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

DYE; NILE RED DYE; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LIPID; NILE RED; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE DELETION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID ANALYSIS; NILE RED FLUORESCENCE SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCREENING TEST; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE; LIPID METABOLISM; MASS SCREENING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; STAINING;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

FLUORESCENCE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MASS SCREENING; OXAZINES; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84930481817     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-015-0467-6     Document Type: Article

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