1% TBS Casein blocking buffer recipe for Western blot?

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Valeria De Arcangelis

Hi, as said above you can use simple a not fat milk for western blot. In general the blocking is 5% not fat milk in TBS-T, or PBS-T or also PBS; your antibody datasheet suggested you somenthing in particular?

Manoja Kumar Brahma

Dear Jon and Valeria,

Thank you both for your responses, they are helpful. I really appreciate it.

Brahma