Purification and visualization of lipopolysaccharide from gram-negative bacteria by hot aqueous-phenol extraction

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 63, 2012, Pages 1-

  Davis, Michael R ^a   Goldberg, Joanna B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Extraction; Gram negative; Immunology; Issue 63; LPS; Microbiology; Polysaccharide staining; Western immunoblot

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863741248     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3916     Document Type: Article

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