Stain-Free technology as a normalization tool in Western blot analysis

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 433, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-111

  Gürtler, Anne ^a   Kunz, Nancy ^b   Gomolka, Maria ^c   Hornhardt, Sabine ^c   Friedl, Anna A ^a   McDonald, Kevin ^b   Kohn, Jonathan E ^b   Posch, Anton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Bio Rad Inc   (United States)

^c BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data normalization; Housekeeping proteins; Loading control; Protein electrophoresis; Stain Free technology; Total protein blot stain; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; ELECTROPHORESIS;

DATA NORMALIZATION; LOADING CONTROL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; TOTAL PROTEIN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

PROTEINS;

CARRIER PROTEIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN 7;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL LINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84870722152     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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