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Glycine vs. tricine - (Nov/19/2014 )

Could anyone please let me know why Tris-tricine gels can give higher resolutino of low MW proteins compared to tris-glycine gels?

 

Thanks !!!

-greentarget-

to over-simplify, the tricine molecules move more slowly than the glycine molecules.

-mdfenko-