CGP stain: An inexpensive, odorless, rapid, sensitive, and in principle in vitro methylation-free Coomassie Brilliant Blue stain

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 406, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-88

  Yasumitsu, Hidetaro ^a   Ozeki, Yasuhiro ^a   Kawsar, Sarkar M A ^a   Toda, Tosifusa ^b   Kanaly, Robert ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; PROTEINS;

COOMASSIE BRILLIANT BLUE; IN-VITRO; NANOGRAMS; POLY VINYL PYRROLIDONE; SKIN IRRITATION; THREE COMPONENT;

ALKYLATION;

ANAZOLENE SODIUM; CITRIC ACID; COOMASSIE BRILLIANT BLUE; POVIDONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955845172     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2010.06.035     Document Type: Article

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