Product Description: The name of Limulus is derived from a scientific name of the horseshoe crab; Limulus polyphemus. Four species of horseshoe crabs exist in limited regions of the world. The hemolymph amebocyte is the circulating blood cell of the horseshoe crab. Levin and Bang found out that endotoxin (LPS) induces coagulation of the lysate of hemolymph caused by an anti-LPS factor. Limulus anti-LPS factor (LALF) is a naturally occurring horseshoe crab derived protein that is both ba
Size
0.1 mg, 0.5 mg, 1 mg
Concentration
n/a
Applications
Application Use: For use in biological assays dilutions have to be made according to the amounts protein to be inactivated. Further dilutions should be made by using protein stabilized phosphate buffered saline, pH 7. (Never use fresh serum/plasma). Be aware: endotoxin will bind LALF-peptide.