Ku autoantigen is a potential major cause of nonspecific bands in electrophoretic mobility shift assays

BioTechniques

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 212-216

  Klug, Jörg ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; DNA FRAGMENT; PROTEIN KINASE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA BINDING; DNA PROBE; DNA TEMPLATE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE TARGETING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031059428     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/97222bm02     Document Type: Article

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