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Old 12-17-2007, 07:25 PM
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Default Bradford Protein Assay question

Ok, this seems like a simple question, but I am getting different answers from different people. when I do a Bradford protein assay, I dilute my samples 1:10. When I get my adjusted average, should I multiply that by 10 BEFORE putting it in the equation from the standard curve or do I plug in the adjusted average and then multiply that answer by 10? The answers are not the same according to my calculator. And is there a place that I can find the answer I get so that I can use it as a reference when someone asks? Thanks for reading!
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Protein samples are diluted 1:10 not the standards, therefore you use the standards to calculate the concentration ug/ml or ug/ul of the diluted samples, then you correct for dilution factor by multiplying by ten. The point is not to multiply the Absorbance values, or the standards.
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Protein samples are diluted 1:10 not the standards, therefore you use the standards to calculate the concentration ug/ml or ug/ul of the diluted samples, then you correct for dilution factor by multiplying by ten. The point is not to multiply the Absorbance values, or the standards.
I understand that I do not dilute the standards. I want to know if I multiply the absorbances of the samples by 10 before I put them into the equation I get from the standard curve?
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I understand that I do not dilute the standards. I want to know if I multiply the absorbances of the samples by 10 before I put them into the equation I get from the standard curve?
No, Do not multiply the Absorbance values, use the avg abs to calculate the protein conc of the dilution then multiply times the dilution factor.
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