Effects of sodium chloride, triton X-100, and alkaline pH on the measurable contents and sedimentability of the nerve growth factor (NGF) antigen in adult rat hippocampal tissue extracts

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 508-514

  Hoener, Marius C ^a   Varon, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ELISA; Nerve growth factor (NGF); pH

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRITON X 100;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PH; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ALKALIES; ANIMALS; DETERGENTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; OCTOXYNOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUBILITY; SONICATION; TISSUE EXTRACTS;

EID: 0030839984     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19970815)49:4<508::AID-JNR11>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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