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Bovine Serum Albumin

Cat. No. 5217 9 Citations 4 Reviews Submit a Review Datasheet / COA / SDS
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Description: BSA (bovine serum albumin) is a blocking buffer for IHC, ICC, ELISA and Western blotting; used to block non-specific antibody binding. Commonly used in cell culture
Purity: ≥98%
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Biological Activity for Bovine Serum Albumin

Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) is a widely used blocking reagent for use in immunohistochemistry (IHC), immunocytochemistry (ICC), ELISAs and Western blotting. Used to block non-specific binding of antibodies. Bovine Serum Albumin can also be used as a protein concentration standard in Bradford assay for protein quantification. BSA is also used in cell culture.

Technical Data for Bovine Serum Albumin

MW ~66 kDa
Storage Store at +4°C
Purity ≥98%
CAS Number 9048-46-8

The technical data provided above is for guidance only. For batch specific data refer to the Certificate of Analysis.

Tocris products are intended for laboratory research use only, unless stated otherwise.

Solubility Data for Bovine Serum Albumin

Solubility Soluble to 100 mg/ml in water

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9 Citations for Bovine Serum Albumin

Citations are publications that use Tocris products. Selected citations for Bovine Serum Albumin include:

Glover et al (2023) The developmental basis of fingerprint pattern formation and variation Cell 186 1 PMID: 36764291

Serena et al (2023) Automated high-content imaging in iPSC-derived neuronal progenitors. SLAS Discov 28 42-51 PMID: 36610640

Matthias et al (2021) Mechanosensitive expression of lamellipodin promotes intracellular stiffness, cyclin expression, and cell proliferation. J Cell Sci PMID: 34031693

Matthias et al (2021) Mechanosensitive expression of lamellipodin promotes intracellular stiffness, cyclin expression and cell proliferation. J Cell Sci 134 PMID: 34152388

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BSA as blocking buffer.
By Anonymous on 03/05/2023
Assay Type: In Vitro
Species: Rat
Cell Line/Tissue: A7R5 vSMC

5% blocking buffer for immunoflorescent staining.

5% BSA diluted in PBS. 30 min incubation with blocking buffer at RT

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Blocking in Westerns.
By Anna Højer Øster on 02/12/2021
Assay Type: In Vitro
Species: Human
Cell Line/Tissue: Ngn3gfp

in the tc and western blotting

Very good.
By Anonymous on 03/28/2019
Assay Type: In Vitro
Species: Human
Cell Line/Tissue: smooth muscle cell

We use this product for WB. It works very well.

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Western blot.
By Anonymous on 08/05/2018
Assay Type: In Vitro
Species: Mouse

Used to block PVDF membranes for WB. Perfect performance. Works better than milk