Measuring "free" iron levels in Caenorhabditis elegans using low-temperature Fe(III) electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 358, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-207

  Pate, Kira T ^a   Rangel, Natalie A ^a   Fraser, Brian ^a   Clement, Matthew H S ^b   Srinivasan, Chandra ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

"Free" iron; C. elegans; Iron EPR; Iron measurements; Oxidative stress; ROS measurements

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREE RADICALS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETISM; TEMPERATURE; YEAST;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCES (EPR); ELEGANS; HYDROXYL RADICALS; LOW TEMPERATURES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SUPEROXIDE PRODUCTION;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

DEFEROXAMINE; IRON; IRON CHELATING AGENT; PARAQUAT;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; LOW TEMPERATURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33750027464     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2006.08.025     Document Type: Article

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