Antibodies 101: Normalization and Loading Controls for Western Blots
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... out errors like uneven pipetting or irregular membrane transfer.
Figure 1: A loading control is...directly correlate to protein abundance on your membrane, which would be directly reported by band intensity...protein measurements are taken on the same gel or membrane (depending on your approach) as your final blot...of the β-actin (B) or total protein (C) on the membrane versus the amount of protein loaded on the gel...