Where do I find buffer recipes for your precast protein gels?
The formulations of buffers for our precast protein gels can be found at this link: https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/life-science/protein-biology/protein-gel-electrophoresis/protein-electrophoresis-buffers-reagents.html
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If a Tricine gel is accidentally run with buffers used in the Tris-Glycine system, what will happen and why?
If the Tricine gel is run with Tris-Glycine sample buffer, the bands will behave abnormally and resolve poorly. If the Tricine gel is accidentally run with Tris-Glycine running buffer, the gel will take longer to run and the resolution, especially for smaller proteins, will be worse than when the proteins are run on a Tris-Glycine gel with Tris-Glycine buffers. This is due to a combination of increase in stack area size (glycine is a slower ion than Tricine) and the higher ionic strength of the Tricine gel.
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What are the recommended sample loading volumes and protein loading amounts for your precast protein gels?
*Tris-Glycine and Invitrogen Tricine Mini gels: see here (http://tools.thermofisher.com/content/sfs/manuals/electrophoresisguide_man.pdf), Page 8
*NuPAGE Tris-Acetate and NuPAGE Bis-Tris Mini gels: see here (http://tools.thermofisher.com/content/sfs/manuals/nupage_tech_man.pdf), Page 10
*Bolt Bis-Tris Plus Mini gels: see here (http://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/life-science/protein-biology/protein-gel-electrophoresis/protein-gels/bolt-bis-tris-gels.html)
*Thermo Scientific Precise Tris-HEPES gels: see here (https://tools.thermofisher.com/content/sfs/manuals/MAN0011499_Precise_Protein_Gels_UG.pdf), Page 1
*Midi gels (Invitrogen Tris-Glycine, NuPAGE Bis-Tris and NuPAGE Tris-Acetate): see here (https://assets.thermofisher.com/TFS-Assets/LSG/manuals/novex_midigel_man.pdf), Page 4
*Thermo Scientific Precise Tris-Glycine gels: see here (https://tools.thermofisher.com/content/sfs/manuals/D25MAN0011814_Precise_TrisGlycine_Gels_UG.pdf), Page 1
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Do your precast protein gels contain SDS?
Our precast protein gels do not contain SDS but they can be run under denaturing conditions when used with the appropriate denaturing running buffer.
Note: NuPAGE Bis-Tris gels, Bolt Bis-Tris Plus gels, and Thermo Scientific Precise Tris-HEPES gels cannot be run under native conditions; they can only be run under denaturing conditions.
*Invitrogen Tris-Glycine gels: For Native electrophoresis, use Invitrogen Tris-Glycine Native Running Buffer. For Denaturing electrophoresis, use Invitrogen Tris-Glycine SDS Running Buffer
*NuPAGE Tris-Acetate gels: For Native electrophoresis, use Invitrogen Tris-Glycine Native Running Buffer. For Denaturing electrophoresis, use NuPAGE Tris-Acetate SDS Running Buffer
*NuPAGE Bis-Tris gels: For Denaturing electrophoresis, use NuPAGE MOPS-SDS Running Buffer or NuPAGE MES-SDS Running Buffer
*Bolt Bis-Tris Plus gels: For Denaturing electrophoresis, use Bolt MOPS SDS Running Buffer or Bolt MES SDS Running Buffer
*Thermo Scientific Precise Tris-Glycine gels: For Native electrophoresis, use Tris-Glycine SDS Running Buffer without SDS added. For Denaturing electrophoresis, use Tris-Glycine SDS Running Buffer.
*Thermo Scientific Precise Tris-HEPES gels: For Denaturing electrophoresis, use Tris-HEPES SDS Running Buffer.
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