Methods to uncover an antibody epitope in the KPI domain of Alzheimer's amyloid precursor protein for immunohistochemistry in human brain

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-138

  Campbell, E ^a,b   Pearson, R C A ^b   Parkinson, D ^a  

^a Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 Mercaptoethanol; Alzheimer's disease; Immunoprecipitation; Kunitz protease inhibitor

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; EPITOPE; FORMIC ACID; IODOACETIC ACID; MERCAPTOETHANOL; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ALKYLATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; EPITOPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; TRYPSIN INHIBITORS;

EID: 0032785062     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(99)00135-1     Document Type: Article

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