A continuous spectrophotometric linked enzyme assay for transglutaminase activity

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 274, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 141-144

  Day, Nicolas ^a   Keillor, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY;

ENZYME ASSAYS; TRANSGLUTAMINASE ACTIVITY;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMINE; HYDROXAMIC ACID; HYDROXYLAMINE; LYSINE; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEACYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME MECHANISM; GUINEA PIG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033215059     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/abio.1999.4255     Document Type: Article

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