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A simple and versatile technique is described which allows to study in SDS-PAGE the molecular composition of monoclonal components starting from minute amounts of samples. Some applications in the study of immunoglobulin variants are described.
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This work was supported in part byConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Roma, Italy, ‘Centro Studio Immunogenetica ed Istocompatibilità’.
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Santoro, C., De Marchi, M. & Carbonara, A.O. A simple method for sodium dodecyl-sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis of monoclonal components. La Ricerca Clin. Lab. 11, 337–342 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02909032
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