Bioconjugation of quantum dot luminescent probes for Western blot analysis

BioTechniques

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 501-505

  Makrides, Savvas C ^a,b   Gasbarro, Christina ^a   Bello, Job M ^a  

^a EIC LABORATORIES INC   (United States)

^b SHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANTIBODIES; COATING TECHNIQUES; DYES; PROTEINS;

BIOCONJUGATION; ORGANIC DYES; WESTERN BLOT ANALYSIS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

ANTIBODY CONJUGATE; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; AVIDIN; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; LUMINESCENT AGENT; NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID; PROTEIN A; COLORING AGENT; HYBRID PROTEIN; QUANTUM DOT; STREPTAVIDIN;

ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; QUANTUM DOT; SEMICONDUCTOR; WESTERN BLOTTING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STATISTICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOTINYLATION; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COLORING AGENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGHT; LUCIFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; QUANTUM DOTS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEMICONDUCTORS; STATISTICS; STREPTAVIDIN;

EID: 32944473614     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000112004     Document Type: Article

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