The Protein Protocols Handbook

Part I. Quantitation of Proteins 1 Protein Determination by UV Absorption Alastair Aitken and Michele P. Learmonth 2 The Lowry Method for Protein Quantitation Jakob H. Waterborg 3 The Bicinchoninic Acid (BCA) Assay for Protein Quantitation John M. Walker 4 The Bradford Method for Protein Quantitation Nicholas J. Kruger 5 Ultrafast Protein Determinations Using Microwave Enhancement Robert E. Akins and Rocky S. Tuan 6 The Nitric Acid Method for Protein Estimation in Biological Samples Scott A. Boerner, Yean Kit Lee, Scott H. Kaufmann, and Keith C. Bible 7 Quantitation of Tryptophan in Proteins Alastair Aitken and Michele P. Learmonth 8 Flow Cytometric Quantitation of Cellular Proteins Thomas D. Friedrich, F. Andrew Ray, Judith A. Laffin, and John M. Lehman 9 Kinetic Silver Staining of Proteins Douglas D. Root and Kuan Wang Part II. Electrophoresis of Proteins and Peptides and Detection in Gels 10 Nondenaturing Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis of Proteins John M. Walker 11 SDS Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis of Proteins John M. Walker 12 Gradient SDS Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis of Proteins John M. Walker 13 SDS-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis of Peptides Ralph C. Judd 14 Identification of Nucleic Acid Binding Proteins Using Nondenaturing Sodium Decyl Sulfate Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDecS-Page) Robert E. Akins and Rocky S. Tuan 15 Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide Discontinuous Gel Electrophoresis of Proteins: Mr-Based Separation of Proteins with Retained Native Activity Robert E. Akins and Rocky S. Tuan 16 Acetic-Acid-Urea Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis of Basic Proteins Jakob H. Waterborg 17 Acid-Urea-Triton Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis of Histones Jakob H. Waterborg 18 Isoelectric Focusing of Proteins in Ultra-Thin Polyacrylamide Gels John M.Walker 19 Protein Solubility in Two-Dimensional Electrophoresis: Basic Principles and Issues Thierry Rabilloud 20 Preparation of Protein Samples from Mouse and Human Tissues for 2-D Electrophoresis Joachim Klose 21 Radiolabeling of Eukaryotic Cells and Subsequent Preparation for 2-D Electrophoresis Nick Bizios 22 Two-Dimensional Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis Using Carrier Ampholyte pH Gradients in the First Dimension Patricia Gravel 23 Casting Immobilized pH Gradients (IPGs) Elisabetta Gianazza 24 Nonequilibrium pH Gel Electrophoresis (NEPHGE) Mary F. Lopez 25 Difference Gel Electrophoresis Mustafa Unlu and Jonathan Minden 26 Comparing 2-D Electrophoretic Gels Across Internet Databases Peter F. Lemkin and Gregory C. Thornwall 27 Immunoblotting of 2-D Electrophoresis Separated Proteins Barbara Magi, Luca Bini, Sabrina Liberatori, Roberto Raggiaschi, and Vitaliano Pallini 28 Quantification of Radiolabeled Proteins in Polyacrylamide Gels Wayne R. Springer 29 Quantification of Proteins on Polyacrylamide Gels Bryan John Smith 30 Rapid and Sensitive Staining of Unfixed Proteins in Polyacrylamide Gels with Nile Red Joan-Ramon Daban, Salvador Bartolome, Antonio Bermudez, and F. Javier Alba 31 Zinc-Reverse Staining Technique Carlos Fernandez-Patron 32 Protein Staining with Calconcarboxylic Acid in Polyacrylamide Gels Jung-Kap Choi, Hee-Youn Hong, and Gyurng-Soo Yoo 33 Detection of Proteins in Polyacrylamide Gels by Silver Staining Michael J. Dunn 34 Protein Detection on Polyacrylamide Gels and Electroblots Using Transition Metal Chelate Stains Wayne F. Patton 35 Detection of Proteins in Polyacrylamide Gels by Fluorescent Staining Michael J. Dunn 36 Detection of Proteins and Sialoglycoproteins in Polyacrylamide Gels Using Eosin Y Stain Fan Lin and Gary E. Wise 37 Electroelution of