title: Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of proteins.
abstract: The high-resolution capacity of two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2-D PAGE) makes it an excellent tool for the analysis and characterisation of complex protein mixtures. The evolution of two-dimensional electrophoresis is briefly described. The various steps involved in 2-D PAGE, the identification and characterization of proteins separated by 2-D PAGE and the quantitative and qualitative analysis of 2-D patterns are discussed in detail and some new approaches are described. In the final section a brief outline of some of the biomedical applications of 2-D PAGE to screening of body fluids, genetic diseases, inborn errors of metabolism, cancer and neoplastic transformation are discussed.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Dunn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D011506:Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins