V3 stain-free workflow for a practical, convenient, and reliable total protein loading control in western blotting

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 82, 2013, Pages

  Posch, Anton ^a   Kohn, Jonathan ^a   Oh, Kenneth ^a   Hammond, Matt ^a   Liu, Ning ^a  

^a BIO RAD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic protocol; Biotechnology; Loading control; Pharmaceutical; Protein electrophoresis; Stain free; Stain free technology; Total protein normalization; Western blot

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GEL; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GELS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; PROTEINS;

EID: 84891689485     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/50948     Document Type: Article

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