Mechanized syringe homogenization of human and animal tissues

Assay and Drug Development Technologies

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 308-312

  Kurien, Biji T ^a   Porter, Andrew C ^a   Patel, Nisha C ^a   Kurono, Sadamu ^b   Matsumoto, Hiroyuki ^b   Scofield, R Hal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; GLASS; POLITEF; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; PROLINE DIPEPTIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; EXPERIMENTATION; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MIXER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALIVARY GLAND; SYRINGE; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

EID: 4043097770     PISSN: 1540658X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/1540658041410669     Document Type: Article

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