Antibodies 101: Stripping and Reprobing Western Blots
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Blog Post
Published
Aug. 1, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
...stripping to remove, so start with the weaker binding ones first to preserve your sample.
Pro tip! Because ...reprobing works best with western blots that use chemiluminescent or fluorescent detection, like horseradish...protein retention.
Following this step, most PVDF membranes recommend re-wetting with methanol before rinsing...the membrane you are using.
Dry nitrocellulose membranes are brittle, so proceed with caution. Unlike PVDF...your own stripping solution using a recipe like the ones shared by Bio-Techne, ThermoFisher, or Millipore...remains, whether that involves adding fresh chemiluminescent substrate or imaging your fluorescent probe...