Coomassie-Brilliant Blue staining of polyacrylamide gels

Methods Mol Biol. 2012:869:465-9. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-821-4_40.

Abstract

Over the past, a series of staining procedures for proteins were published. The most commonly used staining dye for proteins is still Coomassie-Brilliant Blue. The major reason is Coomassie-Brilliant Blue staining is simple, fast, and sensitive. As Coomassie-Brilliant Blue is almost insoluble in water, a series of procedures including colloidal aqueous procedures were described.

MeSH terms

  • Acrylic Resins / chemistry
  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Colloids
  • Coloring Agents / chemistry*
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel / methods*
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel / standards
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Recombinant Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Reference Standards
  • Rosaniline Dyes / chemistry*
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine / chemistry
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine / isolation & purification
  • Solubility
  • Staining and Labeling / methods*

Substances

  • Acrylic Resins
  • Colloids
  • Coloring Agents
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Rosaniline Dyes
  • polyacrylamide gels
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine
  • coomassie Brilliant Blue