What is nitrocellulose?

[James B. Hutchins]

In article <2o4mqo$ntt at crcnis1.unl.edu> mgriep at unlinfo.unl.edu (m griep)
writes:
>
>What is the chemical structure of nitrocellulose and 
>why do proteins stick to it?
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>My second question is: why do proteins stick to it so well?
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Mark,

Try this reference:

  Authors
    Van Oss CJ.  Good RJ.  Chaudhury MK.
  Title
    Mechanism of DNA (Southern) and protein (Western) blotting on cellulose
    nitrate and other membranes.
  Source
    Journal of Chromatography.  391(1):53-65, 1987 Mar 27.


I also recommend it highly to anyone doing nucleic acid or protein blotting
who wants to *understand* the procedures, rather than merely *following*
them.

Hope it helps!

Jim

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