Experimentally improved reliability of ultrasensitive silver staining of protein in polyacrylamide gels |
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Authors: | M Eschenbruch R R Bürk |
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Affiliation: | Friedrich Miescher-Institut, Post Box 273, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | Variations of the ultrasensitive silver staining method of B. R. Oakley, D. R. Kirsch, and N. R. Morris (Anal. Biochem.105, 361–363 (1980)) have been tested. It was established that the reliability of the method was greatly improved if (i) free silver was carefully washed out before reduction with formaldehyde; (ii) the extent of development was controlled by using methylamine to inactivate the formaldehyde; and (iii) the optimum quantity of ammonia, which was found to be 4 mol/mol of silver was used (this quantity was defined as that which titrates a particular amount of 1 n HCl). The time of preparation of the formaldehyde reducer was found not to be highly critical. In our hands the method can detect down to 0.1 ng of protein/5-mm slot. |
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