Enhancement of diaminobenzidine colorimetric signal in immunoblotting

BioTechniques

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 385-388

  Pukac, Laurie A ^a   Carter, Jeffrey E ^a   Morrison, Kenneth S ^a   Karnovsky, Morris J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

PHENYLENEDIAMINE;

ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0030984061     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/97233bm08     Document Type: Article

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