Affinity chromatographic purification of antibodies

Analytical Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2799-2820

  Ngo, That T ^a,c   Jogie Brahim, Sherryline ^b   Narinesingh, Dyer ^b  

^a BioProbe International   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c NTT Biochem   (United States)

Author keywords

Affinity ligands; Antibodies; Chromatography; IgG; Protein A; Protein A mimetics; Purification

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648961384     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032710701653111     Document Type: Short Survey

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