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LIVE-DEAD STAINING [1 record]

Record 1 2003-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Cytology
CONT

Live/dead staining distinguishes cells that have an intact membrane (=alive, green fluorescence), from those with a leaky one (=dead, red fluorescence).

Key term(s)
  • live-dead staining

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Cytologie
CONT

Le Live/Dead Baclight Viability Kit contient un mélange de composés colorant les acides nucléiques. [...] Les bactéries avec des membranes cellulaires intactes se colorent en vert fluorescent alors que celles qui présentent des membranes endommagées sont rouges fluorescentes.

Spanish

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