Choline Acetyltransferase from the Electric Organ of Electrophorus electricus (L.)-Physicochemical Characterization and Immunochemical Identification

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 407-415

  Nunes Tavares, N ^a   Hasson Voloch A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A H 3; AMMONIUM SULFATE; BUFFER; CENTRIFUGATION; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHORUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME REGULATION; GEL FILTRATION; IMMUNOANALYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRECIPITATION; SDS POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; SOLUBILIZATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, DEAE-CELLULOSE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ELECTROPHORUS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROPHORUS; ELECTROPHORUS ELECTRICUS; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER; PISCES; TRITIUM;

EID: 2642616235     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-1998-5-617     Document Type: Article

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