Abstract
Quantification of solid cell material (cell debris) is necessary for the optimisation of the efficiency of bioseparations. Cell debris can be quantified by detection of a component present in the cell wall that can act as a marker for cell debris. Membrane-associated proteins have previously been used as a marker for cell debris. This marker was quantified by SDS-PAGE with densiometry. In this paper cell debris quantification methods are presented that are faster and more accurate, i.e. membrane-associated protein quantification with the Protein 50 Labchip® of Agilent Technologies, or that make use of peptidoglycan as marker for cell debris, i.e. a spectrophotometric muramic acid assay.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 111-119 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences |
Volume | 807 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 25 Jul 2004 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 12th International Conference on Biopartitioning and Purif. - Vancouver,BC, Canada Duration: 1 Jun 2003 → 1 Jun 2003 |
Keywords
- Acetaldehyde
- Cell debris
- Escherichia coli
- Muramic acid
- Peptidoglycan
- Pseudomonas putida