Divalent cation distribution in dinoflagellate chromosomes imaged by high-resolution ion probe mass spectrometry

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 963-976

  Levi Setti, Riccardo ^a,b   Gavrilov, Konstantin L ^a   Rizzo, Peter J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cation DNA interaction; Charge neutralization of DNA; Chromatin; Chromonema; Dinoflagellate chromosomes; Divalent cations; Scanning ion microprobe; Secondary ion mass spectrometry; SIMS tomography

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALCIUM ION; DIVALENT CATION; HISTONE; MAGNESIUM ION; NAKED DNA; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA BINDING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE CHARGE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MAGNESIUM; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, SECONDARY ION;

DINOPHYCEAE; GYMNODINIUM; GYMNODINIUM MIKIMOTOI; MAMMALIA; PROROCENTRUM MICANS;

EID: 54149086099     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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