Excellent Tank To Run Mini Gels

April 18, 2018

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The Scripps Research Institute
The Cell and Molecular Biology
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Company:

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Product Name:

Mini Gel Tank

Catalog Number:

A25977

The Mini Gel Tank from Thermo Fisher Scientific (Invitrogen) id designed to run one or two mini gels. We use this system to separate proteins for further analyses by western blotting, zymography, silver staining or Coomassie staining. This tank is the best since it enables to run 2 gels side-by-side, i.e. without turning the tank around as it is required for other systems.

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Tips

Position the tank in a way convenient for sample loading: This will prevent the necessesity of re-positioning of the tank for loading the second gel or placing the bulky top. At the beginning of the run verify that the bubbles of running buffer go upward while the sample buffer stain enters the gel.

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The Good

The ease of gel placing into the tank. The ability to run 2 gels side-by-side. Short time of running. The tank top is foolproofed and cannot be placed in a wrong orientation.

The Bad

The unit is a little bit pricy, but the money would be well spent.

The Bottom Line

This mini gel tank is an excellent system for protein separation.

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