Visualizing metal ions in cells: An overview of analytical techniques, approaches, and probes

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research

Volumn 1823, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1406-1415

  Dean, Kevin M ^a   Qin, Yan ^a   Palmer, Amy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence imaging; Fluorescent sensors; Imaging metal ions in cells; Metal ion homeostasis

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; FLUORESCENT DYE; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MERCURY; METAL ION; NICKEL; ZINC;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ECOTOXICITY; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY IMAGING; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HOMEOSTASIS AND REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGING; LASER ABLATION INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CATIONS, MONOVALENT; FLUORESCENT DYES; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; METALS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR PROBES; RATS;

EID: 84864310728     PISSN: 01674889     EISSN: 18792596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2012.04.001     Document Type: Review

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