Are genuine changes in protein expression being overlooked? Reassessing Western blotting

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 386, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 270-275

  Mollica, Janelle P ^a   Oakhill, Jonathan S ^b   Lamb, Graham D ^a   Murphy, Robyn M ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

AMP kinase (AMPK); Calsequestrin 1 (CSQ1); Quantitative biochemical analyses; Skeletal muscle; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES;

AMP KINASE (AMPK); BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CALSEQUESTRIN 1 (CSQ1); SKELETAL MUSCLE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MUSCLE;

ADENYLATE KINASE; ADENYLATE KINASE BETA1; CALSEQUESTRIN; CALSEQUESTRIN 1; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ERROR; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

RATTUS;

EID: 59749100523     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2008.12.029     Document Type: Article

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