Transfer of silver-stained proteins from polyacrylamide gels to polyvinylidene difluoride membranes. |
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Authors: | G E Wise F Lin |
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Institution: | Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Worth. |
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Abstract: | We have developed a method to transfer proteins from a silver-stained polyacrylamide gel to a polyvinylidene difluoride (Immobilon-P) transfer membrane (Millipore, Bedford, MA). If the silver stained gels are rinsed in 2 x SDS Laemmli sample buffer prior to transfer, almost all proteins can be transferred comparably to non-stained controls. Some proteins stained with silver can be directly transfer, almost all proteins can be transferred comparably to non-stained controls. Some proteins stained with silver can be directly transferred to a single sheet of Immobilon-P without a prior rinse in sample buffer. Most important in the Western blot the antigenicity of the transferred protein is retained in either way. The method described is simple, inexpensive and versatile. A slight modification of the technique permits one to extract minor proteins, or detect their antigenic activities, without contamination of contiguous proteins. |
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