Lab Practice

A successful laboratory experience necessitates respect to stringent personal and environmental safety guidelines. The former displays concern for your own safety in terms of avoiding laboratory settings to prevent contamination of experimental processes by microbes from external sources. Always remember to follow these fundamental procedures: Never leave books or other items on bench tops after … Read more

Amido black: This is used to stain proteins. This can be used as an alternative for Coomassie blue. Ammonium persulfate (APS): This is used as an initiator in the polymerization of polyacrylamide. Beta-mercaptoethanol: This is used to reduce the disulfide bonds, thereby denaturing the secondary structure of the proteins. Bromophenol blue: This is used as … Read more