Good Loading Control Antibody

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

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Company:

Novus Biologicals

Product Name:

beta-Actin Antibody

Catalog Number:

AC-15

Beta actin is a commonly used loading control. It is one of the non-muscular actins which is expressed in all eukaryotic cells. We probed this molecule as an internal loading control.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Applications

Western Blot

Sample

Whole cell lysates of different cancer cells

Primary Incubation

diluted 1: 1000 in blocking solution, incubated for overnight at 4 degrees

Blocking Agent

5% non fat dry milk in TBST

Secondary Incubation

Anti-mouse secondary antibody

Tertiary Incubation

None

Detection

ECl

Results Summary

Single bands of beta actin were observed ensuring uniform loading in all samples

Additional Notes

None

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Summary

The Good

Single band with no non-specific reactivity

The Bad

Nothing

The Bottom Line

It's a nice antibody for western blotting.

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