Total protein or high-abundance protein: Which offers the best loading control for Western blotting?

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 496, Issue , 2016, Pages 76-78

  Thacker, Jonathan S ^a   Yeung, Derrick H ^a   Staines, W Richard ^a   Mielke, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actin; Coomassie brilliant blue; Glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate dehydrogenase; Immunoblotting; Ponceau S

Indexed keywords

PROTEINS;

ACTIN; COOMASSIE BRILLIANT BLUE; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PONCEAU S;

LOADING;

ACTIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOMASSIE BRILLIANT BLUE STAINING; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LOADING CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PONCEAU STAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STAINING; WESTERN BLOTTING; PROCEDURES;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; PROTEINS;

EID: 84955303517     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2015.11.022     Document Type: Article

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