Determination of myofilament calcium distributions from electron probe X-ray microanalysis images

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-140

  Cantino, Marie E ^a   Eichen, Joseph G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; EPXMA; Muscle contraction; Quantitative imaging technique; Troponin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032386185     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927698980126     Document Type: Article

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