Immunoreactivity enhancement with chelators for increasing the detection sensitivity of human PrPSc by Western blotting

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 102-108

  Kuczius, T ^a   Brinkmann, B ^a   Grassi, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Chelator; Prion protein; Protease; Signal enhancement

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; EGTAZIC ACID; NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID; PENTETIC ACID; PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLAST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; SIGNAL DETECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CHELATING AGENTS; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HUMANS; PRPSC PROTEINS;

EID: 33845322252     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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