Optimizing total reflection X-ray fluorescence for direct trace element quantification in proteins I: Influence of sample homogeneity and reflector type

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1461-1468

  Wellenreuther, G ^a   Fittschen, U E A ^b   Achard, M E S ^a   Faust, A ^a   Kreplin, X ^a   Meyer Klaucke, W ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

XRF; Metal quantification; Metalloprotein; Trace elements; TXRF

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; DEWATERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; FLUORESCENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXIDE MINERALS; PROTEINS; QUARTZ; SCANDIUM; STANDARDS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITIONS; BOUND METALS; BUFFER COMPOSITIONS; BUFFER SYSTEMS; INTERNAL STANDARDS; MATRIX EFFECTS; METAL QUANTIFICATION; METALLOPROTEIN; MICRO BEAMS; MODEL PROTEINS; PARTIAL SEPARATIONS; PROTEIN SAMPLES; SALT CONTENTS; SAMPLE HOMOGENEITIES; SUPPORT MATERIALS; TOTAL REFLECTION X-RAY FLUORESCENCES; TOTAL REFLECTIONS; TXRF; VARYING THICKNESS; X-RAY FLUORESCENCES;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 59449097395     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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