Western blot

A complete Western blot that used lipoic acid to show the proteins. The ladder is on the left. The test proteins are all between 37 and 50 kiloDaltons in size.

The western blot is a scientific process. It is a test. Western blotting is also called immunoblotting. Scientists use Western blots to look at proteins. A Western blot can show how big a protein is. Sometimes a Western blot can show how much of the protein is there.[1][2] Scientists studying proteins do Western blots more than any other test.

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  2. Tahrin Mahmood; Ping-Chang Yang (2012). "Western Blot: Technique, Theory, and Trouble Shooting". N Am J Med Sci. 4 (9): 429–434. doi:10.4103/1947-2714.100998. PMC 3456489. PMID 23050259.

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