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Total Protein Extraction and 2-D Gel Electrophoresis Methods for Burkholderia Species
Published on: October 15, 2013
An improved sample preparation method for analyzing mycobacterial proteins in two-dimensional gels
1Department of Biochemistry, National JALMA Institute for Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases (Indian Council of Medical Research), Tajganj, Agra 282 001, India. abd1109@rediffmail.com
Abstract:
Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) is currently a widely used analytical method for resolving complex mixtures of proteins. Sample preparation has a marked influence on 2-DE pattern. To reduce impurities and to increase the low-abundance proteins, protein precipitation is often used for the preparation of samples before 2-DE. In this study, we revealed that addition of SDS prior to TCA precipitation of mycobacterial cell extract proteins increases the resolution of the 2-D gel pattern.
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