Glycoprotein detection

[Nick Theodorakis]

vtarun.selvan at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> when I stained my leaf extract which contains glycoproteins using PAGE.
> I m  not getting any bands.IS there any specific staining solution for
> GLYCOPROTEINS. Usually we use Nacl for proteins staining, but actually
> my extract contains glycoproteins.Suggest me some staining solution for
> the PAGE product.

The traditional way is to use a periodic acid/Schiff base stain. You 
might even find a kit for it these days.

I found this message on the archives of this ng:

<http://groups.google.com/group/bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts/msg/a414aaba0b8e1497?hl=en&>

Nick

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