Staining and Transfer Techniques for SDS-PAGE Gels to Minimize Oil-in-Water Emulsion Adjuvant Interference

Alicia M Schwartz1, Michelle Y Chan1, Dawn M Fedor1

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Adjuvants in modern vaccines boost and shape immune responses and allow for antigen dose-sparing. Analysis of protein antigens in the presence of adjuvants can prove challenging, especially if the adjuvant interferes with visualization of the protein band on an SDS-PAGE gel. In this chapter, a variety of different techniques are presented to mitigate the interference of a nanoemulsion adjuvant, GLA-SE, with different recombinant proteins of varying molecular weight by addressing sample preparation and staining methods.

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