Western Blots
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== SDS-PAGE Westerns == | == SDS-PAGE Westerns == | ||
| - | + | === Overview === | |
| + | A Western Blot allows for the semiquantitative determination of protein expression. | ||
| + | Crude cell lysates are loaded into a polyacrylamide gel containing a denaturing agent which give all the proteins a net negative charge. A current can then be passed through the gel and the proteins will migrate through the gel, with the largest proteins traveling the slowest, resulting in a lane where proteins become separated on the basis of their weight. The proteins can then be transferred from the gel onto a membrane (often nitrocellulose or PVDF), which can then by incubated with an antibody directed against the protein of interest. By using a detector conjugated to an antibody one can now detect specifically the protein of interest. | ||
=== Materials === | === Materials === | ||
Revision as of 13:32, 31 August 2006
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SDS-PAGE Westerns
Overview
A Western Blot allows for the semiquantitative determination of protein expression. Crude cell lysates are loaded into a polyacrylamide gel containing a denaturing agent which give all the proteins a net negative charge. A current can then be passed through the gel and the proteins will migrate through the gel, with the largest proteins traveling the slowest, resulting in a lane where proteins become separated on the basis of their weight. The proteins can then be transferred from the gel onto a membrane (often nitrocellulose or PVDF), which can then by incubated with an antibody directed against the protein of interest. By using a detector conjugated to an antibody one can now detect specifically the protein of interest.
Materials
- 2x PLS
- PBS-T
- 5% milk in PBS-T
Procedure
Prepare Samples
- Boil Samples for 5 min, cool on ice 1 min, spin 1 min
- Ladders: 8ul ladder + 8ul 2x PLS
- High mol weight 30KDa - 220 KDa
- Low mol weight 6.5KDa - 45 Kda
