Simple, time-saving dye staining of proteins for sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis using coomassie blue

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Dong, Wei Hua ^a   Wang, Tian Yun ^a   Wang, Fang ^a   Zhang, Jun He ^a  

^a XINXIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAZOLENE SODIUM; BRILLIANT BLUE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; METHANOL; PHOSPHORIC ACID; COOMASSIE BRILLIANT BLUE; FUCHSINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEOMICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY;

ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ROSANILINE DYES;

EID: 79961151537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022394     Document Type: Article

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