Biochemical principle of Limulus test for detecting bacterial endotoxins
A hemocyte lysate from horseshoe crab (Limulus) produced a gel, when exposed to Gram-negative bacterial endotoxins, lipopolysaccharides (LPS). This gelation reaction of the lysate, so-called Limulus test, has been widely employed as a simple and very sensitive assay method for endotoxins. Recent bio...
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The Japan Academy
2007
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3756735/ |