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This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the George E. Hewitt Foundation fellowship (A.P.).

Gel electrophoresis
Technical note: Before starting the procedure, have your protein samples ready.
During this first step, the proteins in the sample are separated according to their molecular weight using denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). The NuPAGE&reg; LDS Sample Buffer loaded with Lithium Dodecyl Sulfate (LDS) maintains polypeptides in a denatured state once the protein sample has been heated at 70&deg;</...

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The procedure presented here uses a Bis-Tris gel with MES running buffer as an example of denaturing PAGE using the Invitrogen NuPAGE Novex electrophoresis system. In addition, this pre-cast gel system allows protein separation under denaturing or non-denaturing conditions as well as accomodates a wide range of molecular weights (from 1-200 kDa for the Bis-Tris gels to 36-400 kDa for the Tris-Acetate gels). Depending on your experiment, you may choose to follow only part of the western-blotting technique described here a...

western blotting using the invitrogen nupage novex bis tris minigels

Western Blotting (or immunoblotting) is a standard laboratory procedure allowing investigators to verify the expression of a protein, determine the relative amount of the protein present in different samples, and analyze the results of co-immunoprecipitation experiments. In this method, a target protein is detected with a specific primary antibody in a given sample of tissue homogenate or extract. Protein separation according to molecular weight is achieved using denaturing SDS-PAGE. After transfer to a membrane, the target protein is probed with a specific primary antibody and detected by chemiluminescence.
Since its first description, the western-blotting technique has undergone several improvements, including pre-cast gels and user-friendly equipment. In our laboratory, we have chosen to use the commercially available NuPAGE electrophoresis system from Invitrogen. It is an innovative neutral pH, discontinuous SDS-PAGE, pre-cast mini-gel system. This system presents several advantages over the traditional Laemmli technique including: i) a longer shelf life of the pre-cast gels ranging from 8 months to 1 year; ii) a broad separation range of molecular weights from 1 to 400 kDa depending of the type of gel used; and iii) greater versatility (range of acrylamide percentage, the type of gel, and the ionic composition of the running buffer).
The procedure described in this video article utilizes the Bis-Tris discontinuous buffer system with 4-12% Bis-Tris gradient gels and MES running buffer, as an illustration of how to perform a western-blot using the Invitrogen NuPAGE electrophoresis system. In our laboratory, we have obtained good and reproducible results for various biochemical applications using this western-blotting method.

Watch this Scientific Journal Video about Western Blotting Using the Invitrogen NuPage Novex Bis Tris MiniGels at JoVE.com

Western Blotting Using the Invitrogen NuPage Novex Bis Tris MiniGels

This technical article describes a standard western-blotting procedure using the commercially available NuPAGE electrophoresis Mini-Gel system from Invitrogen.

Western Blotting (or immunoblotting) is a standard laboratory procedure allowing investigators to verify the expression of a protein, determine the ...

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