Rapid method for measurement of surface tension in multiwell plates

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 523-529

  Cottingham, Matthew G ^a   Bain, Colin D ^b   Vaux, David J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorption; High throughput screening; Multiwell plate assays; Spectrometry; Surface curvature

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; DETERGENT; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MEASUREMENT; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; OPTICAL DENSITY; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; SURFACE TENSION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; DETERGENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 2342641617     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: 15300307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3700054     Document Type: Article

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