Localizing the chemical forms of sulfur in vivo using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopic imaging: Application to onion (Allium cepa) tissues

Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 29, 2009, Pages 6846-6853

  Pickering, Ingrid J ^a   Sneeden, Eileen Yu ^b   Prince, Roger C ^c   Block, Eric ^d   Harris, Hugh H ^b,e   Hirsch, Gregory ^f   George, Graham N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f Hirsch Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; BIOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; BUNDLE SHEATH; CHEMICAL FORMS; CYTOSOL; DIRECT PROBE; ELEVATED LEVEL; IN-SITU; IN-VIVO; INTACT CELLS; LIVING CELL; MAMMALIAN CELLS; MODEL SYSTEM; SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; SULFUR K-EDGE; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ABSORPTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL MEMBRANES; FLUORESCENCE; MAMMALS; PROBES; SPIN POLARIZATION; SULFUR; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

SULFOXIDE; SULFUR; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSOL; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; ONION; PLANT CELL; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MOLECULAR PROBES; ONIONS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SULFUR; X-RAYS;

ALLIUM CEPA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 67651236588     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi900368x     Document Type: Article

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