In Western blots sometimes we get a band upper or lower than what expected. Can we trust these bands to verify the presence of a protein?
No. Even when the band is precisely at the expected molecular weight you won't be certain you have detected the protein you are interested in. Making a negative control lysate with siRNA knockdown should be done routinely.
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