Immunoblotting conditions for small peptides from streptococci

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 114, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-42

  Davey, Lauren ^a   Halperin, Scott A ^a,b   Lee, Song F ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteriocins; Competence stimulating peptides; Immunoblotting; Streptococcal small peptides

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; SMALL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WESTERN BLOTTING; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

IMMUNOBLOTTING; PEPTIDES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84929501364     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2015.04.015     Document Type: Article

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