A direct method to visualise the aryl acylamidase activity on cholinesterases in polyacrylamide gels

BMC Biochemistry

Volumn 1, Issue , 2000, Pages 1-5

  Jaganathan, Lakshmanan ^b   Boopathy, Rathanam ^a  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMIDASE; AZO DYE; CHLORIDE; CHOLINESTERASE; ETHYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVE; N (1 NAPHTHYL)ETHYLENEDIAMINE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; STAINING;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3142543643     PISSN: 14712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-1-1     Document Type: Article

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