Analysis of von Willebrand factor multimers by simultaneous high- and low-resolution vertical SDS-agarose gel electrophoresis and cy5-labeled antibody high-sensitivity fluorescence detection

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 322-330

  Ott, Helmut W ^a   Griesmacher, Andrea ^a   Schnapka Koepf, Mirjam ^a   Golderer, Georg ^b   Sieberer, Andrea ^c   Spannagl, Michael ^d   Scheibe, Burghardt ^e   Perkhofer, Susanne ^a   Will, Kerstin ^f   Budde, Ulrich ^f  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c BAXTER BIOSCIENCE   (Austria)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^f Aesculap Labor   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluorescence detection; Sodium dodecyl sulfate agarose gel electrophoresis; Von willebrand disease; Von willebrand factor multimers

Indexed keywords

CYANINE DYE 5; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; POLYMER; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; CARBOCYANINE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH SENSITIVITY FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; THROMBOCYTE; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENCE; METHODOLOGY;

CARBOCYANINES; DENSITOMETRY; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 77449110676     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPZSBTD2BWOMVL     Document Type: Article

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