Dielectric Resonator-Based Flow and Stopped-Flow EPR with Rapid Field Scanning: A Methodology for Increasing Kinetic Information

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-142

  Sienkiewicz, Andrzej ^a,d   Da Costa Ferreira, Ana Maria ^b   Danner, Birgit ^c,d   Scholes, Charles P ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Rapid scan stopped flow EPR

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CYC1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; CYTOCHROME C; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FREE RADICAL; NITRATE; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITROXYL; OXIDIZING AGENT; PEROXYNITRIC ACID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SEMIDEHYDROASCORBIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PULSATILE FLOW; SPIN LABELING;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; CYTOCHROMES C; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; MAGNETICS; NITRATES; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDANTS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PULSATILE FLOW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 0033070142     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmre.1998.1630     Document Type: Article

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