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spot removal from 2D gel and proteomics - help! (Feb/26/2010 )

I need to remove spots from my 2D gels for proteomics. I stain my gels with syproruby. Can I leave the gels in sypro ruby overnight at 4C and do the spot removal in the next day, or should I remove the spots immediately after staining?
thanks!

-rijomarmi-

rijomarmi on Feb 26 2010, 10:11 PM said:

I need to remove spots from my 2D gels for proteomics. I stain my gels with syproruby. Can I leave the gels in sypro ruby overnight at 4C and do the spot removal in the next day, or should I remove the spots immediately after staining?
thanks!




Overnight is fine. I've left gels stained with Sypro Ruby for 6 months with no substantial loss of signal.

-fishdoc-