Which buffer is good to do protein purification by Ni-NTA?

Santhosh Gatreddi @Santhosh_Gatreddi

05 May 2013 1 8K Report

Which buffer is good for buffering capacity and interaction with protein?

Nicolas Joly

Both are working,

the choice depends more on your protein itself than on the column

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