Biotoxicity assays for fruiting body lectins and other cytoplasmic proteins

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 480, Issue C, 2010, Pages 141-150

  Künzler, Markus ^a   Bleuler Martinez, Silvia ^a   Butschi, Alex ^b   Garbani, Mattia ^a   Lüthy, Peter ^a   Hengartner, Michael O ^b   Aebi, Markus ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; LECTIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUITING BODY; FUNGAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT REPRODUCTION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AEDES AEGYPTI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77956152859     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(10)80007-2     Document Type: Chapter

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