title: [Photoinactivation of bacteriophage PM2 by cyanine dyes].
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.
authors.affiliation: Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Kosygina 4, Moscow, 117977 Russia.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Gonikberg
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Kuznetsova
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum; D002232:Carbocyanines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004396:Coloring Agents; D019240:Corticoviridae / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004249:DNA Damage; D004279:DNA, Viral; D007211:Indoles; D008027:Light; D008751:Methylene Blue; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002232:Carbocyanines; D004396:Coloring Agents; D004279:DNA, Viral; D007211:Indoles; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; C028418:tetrasulfophthalocyanine; D000535:Aluminum; D008751:Methylene Blue