The Purification of Fibrinogen Degradation Products by Pevikon Block Electrophoresis

Summary

The use of Pevikon block electrophoresis for the purification of bulk quantities of the major end-products of plasmin digestion of fibrinogen has been described. Greater than 50% yields of Fragments D and E were obtained, each free of contamination with the other.

¹ This work is supported by Grant # HE 12418 from the National Heart Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20014, USA.

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