Abstract
Protein transfer to solid supports after polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and subsequent probing with specific antibodies, is one of the most important tools in modern molecular and cellular biology. Since its development in 1979, the improvement of the technique has been impressive, from new apparatus to streamline the electrophoresis step to different modalities of the transfer step or solid supports for the transfer. Perhaps most impressive has been the explosion of the production and availability of antibodies. In this chapter, I describe the environment and conditions that led to the development of this technique in George Stark’s laboratory.
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I am indebted to George Stark and Jakob Reiser for helpful comments and advice.
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Renart, J. (2015). Simian Virus 40 and Protein Transfer. In: Kurien, B., Scofield, R. (eds) Western Blotting. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1312. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2694-7_4
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