Gel electrophoresis--proteins : essential techniques /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gersten, D. M. (Douglas M.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester ; New York : John Wiley, [1996]
Series:Essential techniques series.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to protein electrophoresis
  • Protein electrophoresis
  • Sample preparation
  • Protein loading
  • Protein solubilization
  • Solubilization under native conditions
  • Solubilization under denaturing conditions
  • Estimation of proteins
  • Methods available
  • The Bradford technique
  • The Lowry method
  • Bicinchoninic acid
  • Amido black filter assay
  • Protocols
  • Protein estimation by the Bradford technique
  • Modified Bradford technique for protein determination in the presence of carrier ampholytes
  • Amido black filter assay.
  • Gel preparation
  • Methods available
  • Gel matrices available
  • Polyacrylamide gels
  • Agarose gels
  • Gel casting formats
  • Types of gel apparatus
  • Electrophoresis in vertical slabs
  • Electrophoresis in horizontal slabs
  • Electrophoresis in cylindrical gels
  • Gradient gels
  • Preparation of glassware
  • Preparation of backing sheets
  • Gel casting for vertical polyacrylamide slab gels
  • Gel casting for horizontal polyacrylamide slab gels
  • Casting cylindrical polyacrylamide gels
  • Agarose slab gel electrophoresis.
  • Rehydratable gels
  • Preparation of gradient gels using gradient makers
  • Preparation of gradients by the tilting method
  • Gel techniques
  • Methods available
  • Separations under native conditions using intrinsic charge
  • Tris-glycine gels
  • Ferguson analysis
  • Electrofocusing
  • Focusing with carrier ampholytes in tube gels
  • Focusing in horizontal slabs
  • Separation under denaturing conditions
  • SDS gel electrophoresis
  • Two-dimensional electrophoresis
  • Special techniques
  • Peptide mapping
  • Immunoelectrophoresis.
  • Rocket immunoelectrophoresis
  • Crossed immunoelectrophoresis
  • Choice of methods
  • Protocols
  • Tris-glycine polyacrylamide gels
  • Isoelectric focusing in rehydratable polyacrylamide slab gels
  • Isoelectric focusing in agarose gels
  • Isoelectric focusing in ultrathin gels (pH 5-7)
  • Isoelectric focusing using immunobilines
  • SDS-polyacrylamide gels
  • Two-dimensional electrophoresis with carrier ampholytes using a cylindrical first-dimensional gel and a vertical second-dimensional gel
  • Staining for glycoproteins.
  • Staining for lipoproteins
  • Colloidal coomassie blue staining
  • Silver staining of gels
  • Radiofluorography
  • Identification of proteins in gels
  • Elution and renaturation
  • Methods available
  • Immunochemical identification
  • Western blotting
  • Immunosubtraction
  • Associated methodologies
  • Zymographic identification
  • Infusion of substrate
  • Overlay matrices
  • Activity gels
  • Choice of methods
  • Protocols
  • Capillary blotting from a polyacrylamide slab gel to nitrocellulose
  • Vertical electroblotting to nitrocellulose nylon-66 or PVDF.
  • Northwestern blotting
  • Immunosubstraction
  • Infusion of reagents into gels-demonstration of †-galactosidase
  • One-step zymogram using an indicator matrix-demonstration of DNase
  • Coupled zymogram using an indicator matrix-demonstration of phosphoglucomutase
  • Activity gels
  • Recording and storing gels
  • Methods available
  • Computerized methods
  • Unidimensional scanning
  • Photocopying, photographing and duplicating
  • Drying
  • Protocols
  • Recording gel patterns using the electrophoresis duplicating system
  • Photographing gels.