Very Good Antibody for Actin Western Blot

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Medicine
University of California San Diego (UCSD)
Post-doctoral researcher

Company:

Novus Biologicals

Product Name:

Actin antibody

Catalog Number:

NB120-11003

The main aim of my research is to study the effect of STAT1 on inflammation and how it regulates its downstream targets. I use actin antibody as a loading control to compare the expression levels of proteins in vraious samples transfected with control plasmids/siRNA, overexpression plasmids and siRNA to various proteins.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Applications

Western Blot

Sample

HEK293T cells transfected with siRNAs

Primary Incubation

5% BSA in TBST for 2h (1:5000)

Blocking Agent

5% BSA in TBST

Secondary Incubation

Goat anti-mouse IgG HRP (1:10000) in 5% BSA in TBST

Tertiary Incubation

N/A

Detection

ECL reagent

Results Summary

The antibody works very well even at 1:5000 dilution. I have used the same antibody multiple time with apparent loss in signal.

Additional Notes

None

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Summary

The Good

Highly specific, strong signal

The Bad

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The Bottom Line

A good loading control for western blot. Can be reused multiple times

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