Smeared Western Samples

[Richard P. Grant]

In article <20020118100426.16386.qmail at ww02.jatek.com>,
 Sophie <sweiss at icr.ac.uk> wrote:

> I have found out the real reason for my rubbish, smeared western blot
> results. The acrylamide had gone off. I don't think the acrylamide
> polymerised properly so my protein was getting stuck to the gel instead of
> migrating as a uniform band.

You got good results with new acrylamide, then?

When I was but a slip of a lad, my supervisor told me 'AMPS doesn't go 
off!' when we had problems getting gels to set.

Of course, it didn't take me long to realize the terrible, dreadful 
truth.

r

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