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[junbug]

Hi,

I was going to do BCA protein quantification with spectra max, but that machine is not working.
And I am not sure what I can do without it.
Is there any way?

Thank you so much for your help.

Edited by junbug, 18 October 2012 - 07:26 AM.

[Smog187]

You could still do the BCA protein quantification and run in parallel a known set of concentrations and then compare the color you get to your samples to get a "rough" estimation of protein concentration. Or you could run a SDS gel and load with known protein concentrations and compare your samples.

Edited by Smog187, 18 October 2012 - 11:18 AM.

[bob1]

You can also load based on cell number if you are using cell culture lysates, I find it more reliable than BCA.

[junbug]

bob1, on 18 October 2012 - 01:53 PM, said:

You can also load based on cell number if you are using cell culture lysates, I find it more reliable than BCA.

I am using the mouse liver. So after homogenize and extract protein, I was planning to do the BCA, but that spectra machine is not working.

[bob1]

If you have an ordinary spectrophotometer (even a nanodrop will work), you can do the assay using that, it is just a bit slower and you need to manually put the samples through rather than reading from a plate.