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STABILIZATION OF PROTEINS BY CROSSLINKING

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 2338
Amount: $161,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1986
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
9932 W 74th St
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Dr Melvin J Swanson
 (612) 941-0080
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
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Abstract

A PROJECT IS PROPOSED TO DEVELOP TECHNIQUES FOR STABILIZATION OF PROTEINS BY COVALENT CROSSLINKING. WE PLAN TO USE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY SPECIFIC FOR T-2 TOXIN AS THE PRIMARY PROTEIN TO USE FOR DEVELOPING STABILIZATION TECHNOLOGY. USING LIGAND STABILIZATION TO DECREASE INACTIVATION DURING THE CROSSLINKING, WE PROPOSE TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTRAMOLECULAR CROSSLINKING BETWEEN BOTH HYDROPHILIC AND HYDROPHOBIC GROUPS IN THE PROTEIN MOLECULES AS WELL AS INTERMOLECULAR CROSSLINKING WITH HIGHLY STRESS RESISTANT PROTEIN.

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