Antibodies 101: Normalization and Loading Controls for Western Blots
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...needed for relative quantification of a western blot — and why you might want to be careful relying on so ...can you accurately compare different lanes? In relative quantification, the POI bands are normalized to...three independent blots. B–C) Graphs showing the relative intensity of the β-actin (B) or total protein ...your protein of interest (POI). This approach is reliable, but it’s overkill in many cases. Often, you may...protein concentration in your sample would directly correlate to protein abundance on your membrane, which would...multiple sources of error (red) influence these relationships and must be addressed with separate controls...Created with BioRender.com.
Researchers often rely on assumptions that their loading controls are independent...