Magnetic polysiloxane-polyvinyl alcohol composite as solid-phase in chemiluminescent assays

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 1705-1708

  Coelho R A L ^a   Jaques, G A ^a   Barbosa, A D ^a   Velazquez, G ^b   Montenegro, S M L ^c   Azevedo, W M ^a   Carvalho Jr , L B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud Universidad Nacional de Asuncion   (Paraguay)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemiluminescence; Polysiloxane; Polyvinyl alcohol; Solid support

Indexed keywords

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0036806598     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020675815637     Document Type: Article

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