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Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) for elemental imaging of plant cell walls

Reference	D09696
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Dr Maureen McCann
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	Cell and Develop Biology
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	48,900
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	04/01/1999
End date	04/01/2001
Duration	24 months

Abstract

We propose to develop the technique of electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) for imaging the ions associated with cross- linking of structural polysaccharides in cell walls from food plants, and for direct imaging of the polysaccharides themselves. Preliminary results show that EELS imaging of pectins through bound Ca can be achieved with nanometer resolution. As well as giving valuable information on the structure of the plant cell wall, EELS has great potential for high-resolution imaging of structural components of foods in general. (Joint with grant D09694).

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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D09694 Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) for elemental imaging of plant cell walls

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