... significantlyincreases the cost of the purification, and the require-ment for HPLC increases the length and complexity of the purification procedure. Moreover, as with the studies by Lee et al. [21] and Subramanian ... Subramanian and Shree[42], there was no rigorous assessment of the purity of the product or the correctness of the sequence. In con-trast, the purification protocol that we have developedis quick and ... USA), and purified using reverse-phase HPLC. For both synthetic and recombinant Ab peptides, the correct mass was confirmed by MALDI-TOF MS and LC-MS.PCR and cloning procedureSynthetic genes for...