A high performance gel filtration chromatography method for γ-glutamyltransferase fraction analysis

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 374, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Franzini, Maria ^a   Bramanti, Emilia ^b   Ottaviano, Virginia ^c   Ghiri, Emiliano ^c   Scatena, Fabrizio ^d   Barsacchi, Renata ^e   Pompella, Alfonso ^c   Donato, Luigi ^e   Emdin, Michele ^e   Paolicchi, Aldo ^c  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gel filtration chromatography; Glutamyltransferase activity; Glutamyltransferase fractions

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION;

FRACTION ANALYSIS; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GEL-FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HEPATIC FUNCTION; LINEAR DYNAMIC RANGES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

GAMMA GLUTAMYL 7 AMIDO 4 METHYLCOUMARIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FEMALE; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 38349122180     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2007.10.025     Document Type: Article

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