| 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 |