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Gel Electrophoresis Lab Report
In this experiment we used gel electrophoresis to separate goat, sheep, cow, horse, chicken serum along with cow transferrin and cow gamma globulins. In this lab we successfully prepared the gel electrophoresis bed and successfully separated the proteins. The western blot along with the nitrocellulose blot was successful but produced no visible results.
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Amino acids are basic units and building blocks of proteins. They consist of an amine group, a carboxylic group and side chain. Usually referred to as an R group, amino acids are distinguished and differentiated by their side chain because they all share the same carboxylic acid and amine group structure. In every amino acid there lays an alpha carbon, that contains not only

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