Adaptation of a mitochondrial complex III assay for automation: Examination of reproducibility and precision

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 330-332

  Minchenko, Jim ^b   Williams, Andrew J ^b   Christodoulou, John ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME METABOLISM; EXTRACTION; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; REDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING; SKIN FIBROBLAST; STORAGE; THAWING;

AUTOANALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX III; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 0037305404     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/49.2.330     Document Type: Article

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