Troubleshooting and Optimizing a Western Blot
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...increasing the amount of SDS while decreasing the amount of alcohol. The increased SDS will increase the negative... subcellular compartment, you may want to try an SDS-containing detergent like RIPA. You can try a few...transfers, you can adjust the amounts of alcohol and SDS in your transfer buffers. To slow down smaller proteins...the amount of alcohol and decrease the amount of SDS, with a decreased transfer time. Alcohol will slow...proteins to stick to the membrane by stripping away the SDS.
To speed up larger proteins and prevent them from...the current.
Pro tip! You need both alcohol and SDS for your proteins to migrate…so don’t try eliminating... transfer time
Increase voltage
Increase SDS/decrease alcohol in transfer buffer
Small proteins...