I have been struggling in trying to localize the protein of interest i detect by 2D immunoblotting on duplicated silver staining.
i tried to duplicate the 2 D gel and use one for 2D Immunoblotting and the other one for silver staining. and every time i fail to localize the spot due to many complexities such as marker protein load differing in levels between 2 gels and non identical reproduced pattern ....
if there is anyway to visualize the proteins before transferring them to NC membrane it will be great so that i can match this immunolabled protein with the protein before labeling and matching through the total protein population to reconize the pattern. i tried ponceau red protein staining but it's not sensitive enough.
any suggestions?