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Ultra-High-Speed Western Blot using Immunoreaction Enhancing Technology
Published on: September 26, 2020
Ultrasensitive detection of proteins on Western blots with semiconducting polymer dots
Fangmao Ye1, Polina B Smith, Changfeng Wu
1Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Abstract:
Ultrasensitive fluorescence imaging of proteins on western blots using a bright, compact, and orange-emitting semiconducting polymer dot (CN-PPV) is demonstrated. A detection limit at the single-picogram level in dot blots is achieved; with conventional western blotting, 50 pg of transferrin and trypsin inhibitor after sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and transfer onto a polyvinylidene fluoride membrane are detected. This method does not require any additional equipment or time compared with the conventional procedure with traditional fluorescent probes.
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