Photoinactivation of bacteriophage PM2 by cyanine dyes] |
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| Authors: | E M Gonikberg N V Kuznetsova |
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| Institution: | Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Kosygina 4, Moscow, 117977 Russia. |
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| Abstract: | Photoinactivation of the lipid-containing bacteriophage PM2 by visible light and cyanine dyes (carbo- and dicarbocyanines), aluminum phtalocyanine tetrasulfonate and methylene blue was studied. It was concluded that cyanine dye aggregates adsorbed on phage particles and oxygen are essential for phage photoinactivation. |
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