X-ray absorption spectroscopy in biology and chemistry

NATO Security through Science Series B: Physics and Biophysics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 97-119

  George, Graham N ^a   Pickering, Ingrid J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biology; Chemistry; In situ probes; Metalloenzymes; X ray absorption spectroscopy; X ray microprobe; XAS imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 85099734002     PISSN: 1871465X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5724-3_9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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45. I. J. Pickering, L. Gumaelius, H. H. Harris, R. C. Prince, G. Hirsch, J. A. Banks, D. E. Salt, and G. N. George, Localizing the biochemical transformations of arsenate in a hyperaccumulating fern. Environ. Sci. Technol. (in the press, 2006).
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