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HIGH-RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS IN PLANT BIOLOGY

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Use of mass spectrometry for imaging metabolites in plants

  1. Young Jin Lee1,2,
  2. David C. Perdian3,
  3. Zhihong Song2,4,
  4. Edward S. Yeung1,2,
  5. Basil J. Nikolau2,4,*

Article first published online: 27 MAR 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2012.04899.x

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Special Issue: High-resolution Measurements in Plant Biology

Volume 70, Issue 1, pages 81–95, April 2012

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Lee, Y. J., Perdian, D. C., Song, Z., Yeung, E. S. and Nikolau, B. J. (2012), Use of mass spectrometry for imaging metabolites in plants. The Plant Journal, 70: 81–95. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2012.04899.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA

  2. 2

    Ames Laboratory, US DOES, Ames, IA 50011, USA

  3. 3

    Department of Natural Science, Broward College, Coconut Creek, FL 33066, USA

  4. 4

    Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA

* (fax +1 515 294 0453; e-mail dimmas@iastate.edu).

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  1. Issue published online: 27 MAR 2012
  2. Article first published online: 27 MAR 2012
  3. Received 27 October 2011; revised 17 December 2011; accepted 29 December 2011.

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