Methods for measuring class i membrane-bound hyaluronan synthase activity

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1022, Issue , 2013, Pages 229-247

  Weigel, Paul H ^a,b   Padgett Mccue, Amy J ^a,b   Baggenstoss, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agarose gel electrophoresis; Mass; Nonradioactive assay; Paper chromatography; Radioactive assay; SEC MALLS; Size; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYALURONIC ACID; MEMBRANE ENZYME; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

EID: 84880478393     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-465-4_18     Document Type: Article

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