How to Interpret a Western Blot: The basics

This text introduces how to interpret western blot to determine the relative size and abundance of a protein of interest, as well as whether a protein of interest interacts with other proteins.

Topics

  • western blot
  • western
  • cell types
  • tissue types
  • loading control
  • antibody
  • primary antibody
  • protein
  • protein expression
  • protein level
  • protein quantification
  • densitometry
  • linear range
  • oversaturated
  • protein-protein interaction
  • co-immunoprecipitation
  • co-IP
  • epitope tags
  • Flag