Protein blotting: A review

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-15

  Kurien, Biji T ^a   Scofield, R Hal ^a,b,c  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrocellulose; SDS PAGE; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; AVIDIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; GOLD; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; PROTEIN; PYROXYLIN; REAGENT; STREPTAVIDIN;

ACCURACY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BIOTINYLATION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DIFFUSION; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ELECTROBLOTTING; ELECTROIMMUNOASSAY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNODETECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE BINDING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BLOTTING; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVITY; REVIEW; VACUUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0037374225     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(02)00523-9     Document Type: Review

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