Using soybean trypsin inhibitor as an external loading control for Western blot analysis of tear proteins: Application to corneal disease

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-62

  You, Jingjing ^a   Hodge, Chris ^a,b   Wen, Li ^a   McAvoy, John W ^a   Madigan, Michele C ^a,c   Sutton, Gerard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Vision Group   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological fluids; Keratoconus; Loading control; Tear proteins; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 1; SOYBEAN TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; TEAR PROTEIN;

ADULT; BODY FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SOYBEAN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP+); HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; SOYBEANS; TEARS; TRYPSIN INHIBITORS; TUBULIN;

EID: 84861685138     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2012.03.012     Document Type: Short Survey

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