Some commonly overlooked properties of calcium buffer systems: A simple method for detecting and correcting stoichiometric imbalance in CaEGTA stock solutions

Cell Calcium

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 227-234

  Klabusay, Martin ^a,b   Blinks, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION; CHELATING AGENT; EGTAZIC ACID;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 0029802346     PISSN: 01434160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4160(96)90028-7     Document Type: Review

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