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blinking results in western blot - (Oct/10/2007 )

Hi everyone!
My experience with western blot is about 3 years. Every time everything is working well! But now I have a mysterious problem. Some times I can’t see any bands. Some times I made western blot and I have got no signal, than I without stripping made the same western blot (with the same Ab’s and reagents) with the same membrane and I see the signals. I don’t understand the reason of this. Can anybody advise me anything?
What is may be wrong?
membrane is blocking in milk +4C Over night
incubation with 1st ab"s 1 hour RT
3x5 min washes in TBSt
incubation with secondary Ab's 1 hour RT
3x5 min washes in TBSt
ECL kit
develop the film
Thank you in advance.

-Svetlana-

Your first antibody incubation time is very short with only one hour at RT, perhaps you get better results if you give your antibody longer time to bind. I always incubate over night at 4°C and block one hour at RT. Everything else semes to be o.k. Is your ECL-kit too old? Or your membrane? Try to use everything as new and fresh as possible.

-biomaus-

biomaus, thank you very much for your answer
It turned out that problem was in milk... Now everything is ok.

-Svetlana-