An introduction to biological nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Biological Reviews

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 493-510

  Bothwell, John H F ^a,b,c   Griffin, Julian L ^d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^d Department of Biochemistry ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C; 1H; 31P; Hyperpolarization; Magic angle spinning; Magnetization transfer; Metabolomics; Multidimensional NMR; NMR spectroscopy; Pulse sequences

Indexed keywords

CARBON; PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PH; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOSPHORUS ISOTOPES; PROTEOMICS;

EID: 79954545526     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00157.x     Document Type: Review

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