Protein electrophoretic migration data from custom and commercial gradient gels.
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SUBMITTER: Miller AJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5007585 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
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Protein electrophoretic migration data from custom and commercial gradient gels.
Miller Andrew J AJ Roman Brandon B Norstrom Eric M EM
Data in brief 20160816
This paper presents data related to the article "A method for easily customizable gradient gel electrophoresis" (A.J. Miller, B. Roman, E.M. Norstrom, 2016) [1]. Data is presented on the rate of electrophoretic migration of proteins in both hand-poured and commercially acquired acrylamide gradient gels. For each gel, migration of 9 polypeptides of various masses was measured upon completion of gel electrophoresis. Data are presented on the migration of proteins within separate lanes of the same ...[more]
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