SIMPLE, SENSITIVE, AND QUICK PROTOCOL TO DETECT LESS THAN 1 NG OF BACTERIAL LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE

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• The author's current address is Elrashdy M. Redwan, Biological Science Dept., Faculty of Science, P.O. Box 80203, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
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