Antibodies 101: The Basics of Western Blotting
Type
Blog Post
Published
March 8, 2021, 2:41 p.m.
...protein’s post-translational modifications such as phosphorylation, acetylation, methylation and ubiquitination...proteins are being up- or downregulated in a system, detect post-translational modifications, quantify ...quantify protein levels relative to standards, detect the cellular location of proteins, and can be a readout...submerged in a tank filled with a transfer buffer formulated to conduct the electric current. The wet transfer...thickness of the band provides information about the relative abundance of the protein in the sample. More protein...immunosorbent assay (ELISA) (Aydin et al., 2015).
Post-translational modifications
In addition to protein abundance...ubiquitination. For example, to test if a protein is phosphorylated following a specific experimental condition...