Analytical Biochemistry: Methods in the Biological Sciences

Editor-in-Chief: William Jakoby Bethesda, MD, USA, Executive Editors R. Angeletti Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA, J.K. Baker Austin, TX, USA, M.A. Batzer Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, G.M. Carman Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, A.J.L. Cooper New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA, D. Cox Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA, S. Daunert University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA, P. Deininger Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA, H. Goldfine University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA, U. Gubler F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Nutley, NJ, USA, J.A. Hanover Bethesda, MD, USA, P. Henkart National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, MD, USA, R. Ivarie University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, K. Kano Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, M. Linder California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, USA, P. McPhie Bethesda, MD, USA, R.N. Perham University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, K. Rice University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA, J.B.A. Ross University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA, C. Royer Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Montpellier, France, D.F. Senear University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA, S.S. Smith Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA, N. Stellwagen University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA, M.H.V. Van Regenmortel Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg I), Illkirch, France, Editorial Board J. Alam Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, LA, USA, G. Anderluh University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, M.E. Anderson Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX, USA, V.P. Belancio Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA, U. Bilitewski Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany, M.L. Billingsley Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, USA, A. Brinker San Francisco, CA, USA, V. Bulone KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, V. Copié Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA, R. Cordaux Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France, Z. Cui Wake Forest University, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA, P. DeAngelis The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma City, OK, USA, B. Demeler University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, TX, USA, R. Donev Swansea University, Swansea, UK, M. Duffel University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA, A.M. Engel Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA, H. Fales Bethesda, MD, USA, A.M. Falick University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, R. Fischer National Cancer Institute (NCI), Frederick, MD, USA, A. Fischl Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA, I. Fridovich Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, S. Gallagher UVP LLC, Upland, CA, USA, S. Greenfeder Schering-Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth, NJ, USA, W. Habig West Chester, PA, USA, J. Haley OSI Pharmacueticals Inc., Farmingdale, NY, USA, G.-S. Han Rutgers University at New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, G.M. Hatch University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, I.S. Haworth University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, USA, S. Heinhorst University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA, S.W. Herke Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, E. Holmes Imperial College London, Kensington, London, UK, D.M. Jameson University of Hawaii at Mãnoa, Honolulu, HI, USA, M.L. Johnson University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA, B.L. Karger Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA, T.A. Keiderling University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, IL, USA, P. J. Kennelly Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA, J. Kim Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, L. Kricka University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA, B. Kristal Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, J. LaBaer Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA, J. Larkin Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, R.V. Lewis University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA, R.J. Linhardt Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA, D.C. Love Bethesda, MD, USA, L.A. Luck State University of New York (SUNY) at Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY, USA, J. G. Marshall Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada, M. McGuirl University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA, I. Miller Medical Chemistry, Vienna, Austria, J. Mitchell HortResearch Ruakura,