Detect Infrared Fluorescent Gel Shift Assays) on Odyssey

**Figure 1.** EMSA performed with IRDye 700 AP-1 oligos. Reprinted with permission from Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay (EMSA) Using IRDye Oligonucleotides

Gel shift assays or electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSA) provide a simple method to study DNA:protein interactions.

This assay is based on the principle that a DNA-protein complex will have different mobility during electrophoresis than non-bound DNA. These shifts can be visualized on a native acrylamide gel using labeled DNA to form the DNA-protein binding complex.

Do you know that you can easily adapt your existing mobility gel shift assay protocols by replacing the radiolabeled oligonucleotides with IRDye^® end-labeled oligonucleotides? And using the Odyssey^® CLx or Classic Infrared Imager, you can complete your EMSA in about 90 minutes - saving valuable research time.

And when you are ready to image, there is no need to remove the gel from the glass plates. This makes gel handling easier and allows running the gel further, if needed, after scanning is completed. Possible deformations or tearing of the gel while separating plates are also eliminated.

**Figure 2. Step 4 of the NIR EMSA.** Image the gel on the Odyssey Imager and then, if needed, continue to electrophoresis until the desired migration has occurred.

For more information, refer to the EMSA application page or our Technical Note.

Detect EMSA (Gel Shift Assays) on your Odyssey CLx or Classic Infrared Imager

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