If the Western blot shows high background signal, revising the washing steps on the next run-through has proven to be useful. Increasing washing times and volumes will reduce background signal along with performing additional buffer changes or using a stronger detergent (e.g., SDS instead of ...
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To prevent saturation on film, you must empirically determine your linear range. To do this you need to serially dilute a known amount of your protein lysate, perform your Western, and plot the quantitated density of these Western blot bands against the amount you know you loaded. You should...
What protein should I use to block a transfer membrane for a western blot? My name is Srikanth, I'm a Product Scientist at Cell Signaling Technology, and this is CST Tech Tips. In regards to western blotting, a common question we always get is, what should I use, milk or BSA to ...
A further important difference between in-cell Westerns and traditional Western blotting (using enzyme-labeled antibodies and chemiluminescent detection) is that in-cell Westerns have a much higher throughput. This is because they eliminate the need to perform polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) ...
How Does the Western Blot Test Work? Western blots tests are also known as protein immunoblots. These tests are used to detect specific proteins in a sample. The basic technique of a Western blot involves sorting proteins by length on a gel. Then that grid is probed with antibodies that re...
In order to perform microglial counts or morphological analysis as discussed above, cells need to be labeled with a microglia-specific marker. In addition, microglia-specific markers are key to verifying the quality of microglia isolation protocols. Microglia differentially express certain proteins when ...
You run your gel, transfer to nitrocellulose, run your Western blot and tilt the autorad every which way trying to catch the light just perfectly to make out the two bands you just know are there within that fuzzy doublet. There is a better way – the gradient gel provides you with ...
Western BlotThe Western blot is the most common method used for assessing the phosphorylation state of a protein, and most cell biology laboratories possess the equipment necessary to perform these experiments. Following separation of the biological sample with SDS- PAGE and subsequent transfer to a ...