SDS-PAGE/immunoblot detection of Aβ multimers in human cortical tissue homogenates using antigen-epitope retrieval

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 38, 2010, Pages

  Rosen, Rebecca F ^a   Tomidokoro, Yasushi ^b   Ghiso, Jorge A ^c   Walker, Lary C ^a,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

amyloid; Alzheimer's; Antigen retrieval; Issue 38; Jove neuroscience; Multimers; Oligomers; Protein aggregation; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN (1 42); AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN (1-42); EPITOPE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPITOPES; HUMANS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS;

EID: 80355142815     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/1916     Document Type: Article

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