Conditions that allow for effective transfer of membrane proteins onto nitrocellulose membrane in Western blots

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 526-532

  Abeyrathne, Priyanka D ^a   Lam, Joseph S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial membrane; Lipopolysaccharide; Membrane protein; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; WaaL; Western blotting; Wzy dependent pathway

Indexed keywords

NITROCELLULOSE; POLYACRYLATES;

GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NITROCELLULOSE MEMBRANE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

PROTEINS;

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PYROXYLIN; UREA;

BACTERIUM; ELECTROKINESIS; MEMBRANE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; ELECTROBLOTTING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ROOM TEMPERATURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BUFFERS; COLLODION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

CELLULOSE NITRATE; POLYACRYLATES; PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 34347393962     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W07-007     Document Type: Article

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