Biogenic magnetite in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2004, Pages

  Cranfield, Charles G ^a   Dawe, Adam ^b   Karloukovski, Vassil ^c   Dunin Borkowski, Rafal E ^d   De Pomerai, David ^b   Dobson, Jon ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomineral; Caenorhabditis elegans; Electromagnetic fields; Magnetite

Indexed keywords

IRON OXIDE; MAGNETITE; MINERAL;

BIOMINERALIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETITE; NEMATODE;

ARTICLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEVICE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICE; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 17044438707     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0209     Document Type: Article

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