Cytochemical energy-filtering transmission electron microscopy of mitochondrial free radical formation in paraquat cytotoxicity

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 289-296

  Hirai, Kei Ichi ^a   Pan, Jiehong ^a   Shimada, Hiroki ^a   Izuhara, Toshikatsu ^a   Kurihara, Takayuki ^a   Moriguchi, Keiichi ^b  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cytochemistry; Electron energy loss spectroscopy; Energy filtering transmission electron microscope; Free radicals; Mitochondria; Paraquat

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL DEATH; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FREE RADICALS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IONS; MITOCHONDRIA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CYTOCHEMICAL; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS SPECTROSCOPIES; ENERGY FILTERING; ENERGY-FILTERING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ENERGY-FILTERING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; MITOCHONDRIAS; OXIDO-REDUCTASES; PARAQUAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0033014838     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023680     Document Type: Article

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