Abstract
We describe a modification of an automated kinetic assay for β- galactosidase (β-gal) activity. This modification includes an assay to quantitate the amount of protein added to each assay. The determination of specific activity includes the amount of protein in the calculation, which produces a specific activity with units of pmol product produced/minute/mg protein. In addition to this modification, we present a series of macros written in Microsoft® Excel(TM) for either the Macintosh® or Windows(TM) on the PC. These macros decrease the amount of time required to analyze the data from β-gal assays.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 974-976+978 |
| Journal | BioTechniques |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| State | Published - 1994 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biotechnology
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)