Extraction and protein sequencing of immunoglobulin light chain from formalin-fixed cerebrovascular amyloid deposits

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 455-459

  Layfield, Robert ^a,b   Bailey, Kevin ^a   Lowe, James ^a   Allibone, Richard ^a   Mayer, R John ^a   Landon, Michael ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Formalin; Immunoglobulin light chain; Protein sequencing

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOOD VESSELS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; MALE; MENINGES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0030443649     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199612)180:4<455::AID-PATH692>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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