A rapid transglutaminase assay for high-throughput screening applications

Journal of Biomolecular Screening

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 836-843

  Wu, Yu Wei ^a   Tsai, Yu Hui ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Magnetic dextran coated charcoal; TG activity; TG kinetics; Transglutaminase (TG)

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CASEIN; CYSTAMINE; DANSYLCADAVERINE; N,N DIMETHYLCASEIN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GUINEA PIG; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CADAVERINE; CASEINS; CHARCOAL; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FLUORESCENCE; GUINEA PIGS; IRON; KINETICS; OXIDES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

CAVIA PORCELLUS;

EID: 33749856395     PISSN: 10870571     EISSN: 1552454X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087057106291585     Document Type: Article

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