Asymmetri distribution of metals in the Xenopus laevis oocyte: A synchrotron X-ray fluorescence microprobe study

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 537-542

  Popescu, Bogdan Florin Gh ^a   Belak, Zachery R ^a   Ignatyev, Konstantin ^b   Ovsenek, Nick ^a   Nichol, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper; Development; Iron; Selenium; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; METALLOIDS; METALS; PROTEINS; RNA; SELENIUM; X RAY ANALYSIS; ZINC;

CYTOPLASM; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY FLUORESCENCE MICROPROBE; XENOPUS LAEVIS OOCYTE;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

COPPER; IRON; METAL; PIGMENT; ZINC; HEAVY METAL; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MICROANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY; SYNCHROTRON;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; COPPER; IRON; METALS, HEAVY; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING PROBE; OOCYTES; SELENIUM; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SYNCHROTRONS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZINC;

EID: 35948937586     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/O07-053     Document Type: Article

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