My Western Blot shows LANES OF PROTEINS instead of the band I'm looking for. I tried stripping it with RESTORE WESTERN BLOT STRIPPING BUFFER from Thermofisher but it still shows up like this. Any suggestions please?
This is strange! Western Blots are definitely among my least favorite techniques, and I avoid them as much as possible, because of how difficult they can be to optimize. Here are some things that crossed my mind regarding your issue:
How specific are the antibodies supposed to be? How were they generated/purified?
How are you blocking your membrane after the transfer?
Have you tried different dilutions of primary/secondary antibodies?
If you run a completely unrelated sample (like from a very different organism) are you still getting bands?
Which kit/machine are you using to detect the bands?
I once had a purified protein that always showed up as multiple defined bands. It turned out that the protein self-cleaved at certain regions under denaturing conditions. How stable is the protein you are looking for?