Bovine Serum Albumin

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Bovine Serum Albumin
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Description: BSA (bovine serum albumin) is a blocking buffer for IHC, ICC, ELISA and Western blotting; used to block non-specific antibody binding. Commonly used in cell culture

Purity: ≥98%

Product Details
Citations (9)
Reviews (1)

Biological Activity

Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) is a widely used blocking reagent for use in immunohistochemistry (IHC), immunocytochemistry (ICC), ELISAs and Western blotting. Used to block non-specific binding of antibodies. Bovine Serum Albumin can also be used as a protein concentration standard in Bradford assay for protein quantification. BSA is also used in cell culture.

Technical Data

MW
~66 kDa
Solubility:
Soluble to 100 mg/ml in water
Purity:
≥98%
Storage:
Store at +4°C
CAS No:
9048-46-8

The technical data provided above is for guidance only. For batch specific data refer to the Certificate of Analysis.
Tocris products are intended for laboratory research use only, unless stated otherwise.

Background References

  1. Advanced glycation end products interfere with gastric smooth muscle contractile marker expression via the AGE/RAGE/NF-?B pathway
    Ting Yu
    Exp. Mol. Pathol, 2016;102(1):7-14.
  2. Nanobubbles Containing sPD-1 and Ce6 Mediate Combination Immunotherapy and Suppress Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Mice
    Y Tan, S Yang, Y Ma, J Li, Q Xie, C Liu, Y Zhao
    International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2021;16(0):3241-3254.
  3. Soluble tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced hyperexcitability contributes to retinal ganglion cell apoptosis by enhancing Nav1.6 in experimental glaucoma
    S Cheng, HN Wang, LJ Xu, F Li, Y Miao, B Lei, X Sun, Z Wang
    Journal of Neuroinflammation, 2021;18(1):182.
  4. Rigid monoclonal antibodies improve detection of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein
    CD Hodge, DJ Rosenberg, M Wilamowski, A Joachimiak, GL Hura, M Hammel
    bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2021;0(0):.
  5. Sialyl-LewisX Glycoantigen Is Enriched on Cells with Persistent HIV Transcription during Therapy
    F Colomb, LB Giron, L Kuri-Cerva, OS Adeniji, T Ma, H Dweep, E Battivelli, E Verdin, CS Palmer, H Tateno, AV Kossenkov, NR Roan, MR Betts, M Abdel-Mohs
    Cell Rep, 2020;32(5):107991.

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WB blocking buffer
By Anonymous on 05/04/2021
Species: Mink

I prepared a 3% BSA solution in TBS and used this to block my membranes prior to the addition of primary antibodies as well as my diluent for my secondary antibodies.


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