Mucin agarose gel electrophoresis: Western blotting for high-molecularweight glycoproteins

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2016, Issue 112, 2016, Pages

  Ramsey, Kathryn A ^a,b   Rushton, Zachary L ^a   Ehre, Camille ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Double staining; Electrophoresis; Fluorescence; High molecular weight glycoproteins; Issue 112; Molecular Biology; Mucins; Nitrocellulose membrane; SDS agarose gel; Vacuum blotter

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; MUCIN; PYROXYLIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MUCOSA; PROCEDURES; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COLLODION; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MUCINS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE;

EID: 84977565442     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/54153     Document Type: Article

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