Decent Antibody to Work With

Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Illinois, Chicago
PostDoctoral Research Fellow

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Company:

Cell Signaling Technology

Product Name:

PTEN (138G6) Rabbit mAb

Catalog Number:

9559

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PTEN is a tumor suppressor gene and has a crucial role in MAPK signaling and the apoptotic pathway. I used PTEN antibody from Cell signaling and it worked okay for me. I would recommend this antibody for use in western blotting.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Applications

Western Blot

Sample

Whole cell lysate

Primary Incubation

Incubate membrane with diluted primary antibody in 5% w/v BSA, 1X TBS, 0.1% Tween® 20 at 4°C with gentle shaking, overnight.

Blocking Agent

5% non fat milk for one hour at RT

Secondary Incubation

Anti-rabbit secondary antibody at 1:3000 dilution in blocking solution, incubated at room temperature for an hour

Tertiary Incubation

NA

Detection

ECL

Results Summary

I got single bands for the freshly diluted antibody. I would not recommend re-use of the diluted antibody.

Additional Notes

None

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It is not reusable.

The Bottom Line

All in all, a good antibody.

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