Western blot: Protein transfer overview

Studying protein-protein interactions via blot overlay or Far Western blot.

Blot overlay is a useful method for studying protein-protein interactions. This technique involves fractionating proteins on SDS-PAGE, blotting to nitrocellulose or PVDF membrane, and then incubating with a probe of interest. The probe is typically a protein that is radiolabeled, biotinylated, or simply visualized with a specific antibody. When the probe is visualized via antibody detection, th...

Understanding the Western Blot

Inquiries about various issues relating to Western blot (WB) testing are frequently posted to the Lyme disease discussion groups on the Internet. Among the most commonly asked questions are: What laboratory techniques are used to carry out the assay? What exactly is being measured? What is a “band”? How are the results interpreted? What are the CDC criteria for a “positive” test? Although some ...

Human adipose tissue protein analyses using capillary western blot technology

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: A capillary western blot (Wes) technology has recently been validated for analyses of cell culture lysate proteins, but whether it is reliable for human tissue proteins is unknown. SUBJECTS: We compared traditional western blotting to the Wes capillary Western method to quantitate the relative amount of human adipose tissue CD36, the ratio of phosphorylated Erk1/2 (pErk1/...

The fallibility of HIV western blot.

Western blot profile in HIV infection.

BACKGROUND Although the overall sensitivity and specificity of the western blot (WB) test for detection of antibodies to various viral proteins is high, there has been a substantial difference in the timing of the appearance of antibody bands and their intensities during different stages of HIV infection. AIMS Mapping different band patterns of Western blot results and correlating them with s...