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electrophoresis

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Protein Expression and Analysis

Isoelectric Focusing: A Simple Way to Enhance Your Protein Separation

ByPete Jones

Isoelectric focusing is a way of separating proteins and peptides based on their isoelectric point. Read all about this method and its applications right here.

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DNA / RNA Manipulation and Analysis

5 Ways to Destroy your Agarose Gel and How to Avoid Them!

ByEmily Crow

Pouring and running an agarose gel should be a simple and routine procedure, but there are a surprising number of ways to destroy your agarose gel.

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Protein Expression and Analysis

Protein Staining Methods: An Overview of 3 of the Best

ByThomas Warwick

There are several great protein staining methods, but how do you pick the one that’s appropriate to your intended application? Read on to find out.

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Protein Expression and Analysis

Laemmli Buffer: What Is It for Anyway?

ByDimitris Skliros

Laemmli buffer is used almost every day by life since researchers. But what do all those components actually do? Find out in this handy article

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Protein Expression and Analysis

Constant Current or Voltage in SDS-PAGE: The Great Debate

ByZandile Nare

It’s not always easy deciding whether to run electrophoresis at a constant voltage, current, or power. Here, we outline the differences to help you make an informed decision.

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zymography
Protein Expression and Analysis

An Introduction to In-Gel Zymography

ByIlona Marecko

Enzymes are special among proteins. It is not enough to detect them. You need to know their activity level. If you have devoted a substantial part of your research to studying proteases, like I did, you’ll know how crucial it is to choose an appropriate enzyme assay. There’s a heap of lab techniques out there…

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pulsed field gel electrophoresis
DNA / RNA Manipulation and Analysis

Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis: Tips and Tricks

ByNat Graham

Running a pulsed field gel can be exciting. It isn’t often that you get to visualize such large pieces of DNA. However, it can also be extremely frustrating. It isn’t uncommon to wait 24 hours only to find out that your DNA was degraded before you started the run. Then, you have to start all…

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