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Thus, the antibodies used in RPMA must be carefully validated for specificity and performance against cell lysates by western blot. [ 1 ] [ 7 ] RPMA has various uses such as quantitative analysis of protein expression in cancer cells, body fluids or tissues for biomarker profiling, cell signaling analysis and clinical prognosis, diagnosis or ...
Sonoporation, or cellular sonication, is the use of sound in the ultrasonic range for increasing the permeability of the cell plasma membrane. This technique is usually used in molecular biology and non-viral gene therapy in order to allow uptake of large molecules such as DNA into the cell, in a cell disruption process called transfection or ...
Sonication is the act of applying sound energy to agitate particles in a sample, for various purposes such as the extraction of multiple compounds from plants, microalgae and seaweeds. [1] Ultrasonic frequencies (> 20 kHz) are usually used, leading to the process also being known as ultrasonication or ultra-sonication .
This can be achieved through physical methods (e.g., sonication, homogenization) or chemical methods (e.g., detergents, enzymes). Following lysis, the mixture is usually clarified by centrifugation to remove cell debris and insoluble material, allowing soluble proteins to be collected for further purification.
A lysis buffer is a buffer solution used for the purpose of breaking open cells for use in molecular biology experiments that analyze the labile macromolecules of the cells (e.g. western blot for protein, or for DNA extraction).
Western blot workflow. The western blot (sometimes called the protein immunoblot), or western blotting, is a widely used analytical technique in molecular biology and immunogenetics to detect specific proteins in a sample of tissue homogenate or extract. [1]
The addition of cycloheximide to cultured cells followed by protein lysis at multiple timepoints is conducted to observe protein degradation over time and can be used to determine a protein's half-life. These assays are often followed by western blotting to assess protein abundance and can be analyzed using quantitative tools such as ImageJ. [2]
It can be used to distinguish between proteins secreted by cells in culture and serum contaminants. [9] It has also been adapted as a 'forward+reverse' SILAC method for simultaneous labeling of host and microbe, which enables the study of host-microbe interactions. [10] Standardized protocols of SILAC for various applications have also been ...