Agarose and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis methods for molecular mass analysis of 5- to 500-kDa hyaluronan

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 417, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-49

  Bhilocha, Shardul ^a   Ripal, Amin ^a   Pandya, Monika ^a   Yuan, Han ^a   Tank, Mihir ^a   LoBello, Jaclyn ^a   Shytuhina, Anastasia ^a   Wang, Wenlan ^b   Wisniewski, Hans Georg ^c   De La Motte, Carol ^d   Cowman, Mary K ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

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

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophoresis; Electrophoretic mobility shift assay; Glycosaminoglycan; Hyaluronan; Molecular mass; Molecular weight

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GELS; GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR MASS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

DENSITOMETRIC SCANNING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HYALURONAN; LINEAR CALIBRATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GELS; VISCOSITY AVERAGE;

HYALURONIC ACID;

AGAROSE; HYALURONIC ACID; POLYACRYLAMIDE; BUFFER; SEPHAROSE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; DENSITOMETRY; DISPERSION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

BUFFERS; CALIBRATION; DENSITOMETRY; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEPHAROSE;

EID: 80655147810     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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