Interheavy disulfide bridge in immunoglobulin G (IgG) reacting with dithionitrobenzoate. A unique feature in serum proteins

Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-236

  Horejsi, R ^a   Kollenz, G ^a   Dachs, F ^a   Tillian, H M ^a   Schauenstein, K ^a   Schauenstein, E ^a   Steinschifter, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Disulfide bonds; IgG; Serum proteins; Tumor marker

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DISULFIDES; DITHIONITROBENZOIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOMETRY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030880654     PISSN: 0165022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-022X(97)00015-8     Document Type: Article

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