A280 |
UV absorbance at specifi ed wavelength, in this example, 280 nanometers |
AAA |
amino acid analysis |
Ab |
antibody |
AC |
affi nity chromatography |
ACES |
N-(2-Acetamido)-2-aminoethanesulfonic acid (biological buffer) |
ADA |
N-(2-Acetamido)iminodiacetic acid (biological buffer) |
AEBSF |
aminoethyl benzylsulfonyl fluoride (serine protease inhibitor) |
AIEX |
anion exchange chromatography |
AP |
alkaline phosphatase |
APMSF |
4-aminophenyl-methylsulfonyl fluoride (serine protease inhibitor) |
ASB |
amidosulfobetaine |
BCA |
bicinchoninic acid |
BES |
N,N-Bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-aminoethanesulfonic acid |
BME |
β-mercaptoethanol |
BSA |
bovine serum albumin |
CAPS |
N-cyclohexyl-3-aminopropanesulfonic acid (biological buffer) |
CAPSO |
3-(Cyclohexylamino)-2-hydroxy-1-propanesulfonic acid (biological buffer) |
CHAPS |
3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonate |
CHAPSO |
3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-2-hydroxy-1-propanesulfonate |
CHES |
N-Cyclohexyl-2-aminoethanesulfonic acid (biological buffer) |
CHO |
Chinese hamster ovary |
CIP |
cleaning-in-place |
CMC |
critical micellar concentration |
CSF |
cerebrospinal fluid |
CTAB |
cetyl trimethylammonium bromide (surfactant) |
Da |
Dalton |
DDM |
n-dodecyl-β-D-maltoside (detergent) |
DIGE |
differential gel electrophoresis (sometimes referred to as 2-D DIGE) |
DMP |
dimethyl pimelimidate dihydrochloride |
DNase |
deoxyribonuclease |
DTE |
dithioerythritol, also 1,4 dithioerythritol (reducing agent) |
DTT |
dithiothreitol, also 1,4 dithiothreitol (reducing agent, Cleland's reagent) |
E. coli |
Escherichia coli |
ECL™ |
enhanced chemiluminescence |
EDTA |
ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (chelating agent) |
EGTA |
ethylene glycol tetraacetic acid (chelating agent) |
ELISA |
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
EPPS |
3-[4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazinyl] propanesulfonic acid (biological buffer) |
ESI |
electrospray ionization |
ESI-MS |
electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry |
FA |
formic acid |
FAK |
focal adhesion kinase |
GABA |
gamma-aminobutyric acid (biological buffer) |
GF |
gel filtration (sometimes referred to as SEC; size exclusion chromatography) |
GST |
glutathione S-transferase |
HEPES |
(4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid (biological buffer) |
HIC |
hydrophobic interaction chromatography |
HMW |
high molecular weight |
HP |
high performance |
HPLC |
high performance liquid chromatography |
HRP |
horseradish peroxidase |
IAA |
iodoacetamide |
IEF |
isoelectric focusing; usually the first dimension in 2-D electrophoresis |
IEX |
ion exchange chromatography (also seen as IEC in the literature) |
IMAC |
immobilized metal ion affi nity chromatography |
IPG |
immobilized pH gradient |
IUBMB |
International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
LC |
liquid chromatography |
LC-MS |
liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry |
LDAO |
lauryldimethylamine oxide (detergent) |
LMW |
low molecular weight |
LPS |
lipopolysaccharides |
mAb |
monoclonal antibody |
MALDI |
matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization |
MALDI-MS |
matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-mass spectrometry |
MALDI-ToF |
matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight |
MBP |
maltose binding protein |
MES |
2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid (biological buffer) |
MOAC |
metal oxide affi nity chromatography |
MOPS |
3-(N-morpholino)propanesulfonic acid (biological buffer) |
MPa |
megaPascal |
Mr |
relative molecular weight |
MS |
mass spectrometry |
MS/MS |
tandem MS |
MW |
molecular weight |
MWCO |
molecular weight cutoff |
NP-40 |
nonyl phenoxypolyethoxylethanol |
PBS |
phosphate-buffered saline (biological buffer) |
PEG |
polyethylene glycol |
PES |
polyethersulfone |
pI |
isoelectric point, the pH at which a protein has zero net surface charge |
PIPES |
Piperazine-1,4-bis(2-ethanesulfonic acid) (biological buffer) |
pKa |
acid dissociation constant |
PKA |
protein kinase A |
PKC |
protein kinase C |
PMF |
peptide mass fingerprinting |
PMSF |
phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (serine protease inhibitor) |
PTM |
post-translational modification; plural is PTMs |
PTP |
phosphotyrosyl phasphatase |
PTRF |
polymerase I-transcript release factor |
pTyr |
phosphorylated tyrosine residue in proteins |
PVDF |
polyvinylidene fluoride |
RC |
regenerated cellulose |
RIA |
radioimmunoassay |
RIPA |
radioimmunoprecipitation assay |
RNase |
ribonuclease |
RPC |
reversed phase chromatography |
RSD |
relative standard deviation |
SDS |
sodium dodecyl sulfate (detergent) |
SDS-PAGE |
sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
SEC |
size exclusion chromatography (same as gel filtration, GF) |
SNAG1 |
sorting nexin associated Golgi protein-1 |
SNP |
single nucleotide polymorphism |
SPE |
solid-phase extraction |
SRM |
selected reaction monitoring |
TAPS |
N-Tris(hydroxymethyl)methyl-3-aminopropanesulfonic acid (biological buffer) |
TBS |
tris-buffered saline (biological buffer) |
TCA |
trichloroacetic acid |
TCEP |
tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine hydrochloride (reducing agent) |
TES |
N-Tris(hydroxymethyl)methyl-2-aminoethanesulfonic acid (biological buffer) |
TFA |
trifl uoroacetic acid |
TLCK |
tosyl-L-lysine chloromethyl ketone (serine protease inhibitor) |
ToF |
time-of-fl ight |
TPCK |
tosyl-L-phenylalanine chloromethyl ketone (serine protease inhibitor) |
u |
unit (unit for activity of an enzyme) |
UF |
ultrafi ltration |
UV |
ultraviolet light |
VEGF |
vascular endothelial growth factor |
Vis |
visible light |