The beads won't run through the gel--they're too big, and will remain in
the well of the stack. The proteins not covalently bound will
electrophorese off them, though. I just wash them, boil them in SDS-PAGE
buffer, load and run.
rich
Neal Melvin wrote:
> After performing an IP, do you run the actual beads themselves through
> the gel?? Or is there a step that strips the protein A/G and bound
> antibody/antigen off the beads, and the resulting supernatant is run
> through the gel???
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