Gel Electrophoresis Lab Report

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The technique used in this experiment was serum protein electrophoresis to determine the levels of proteins in cow serum. The objective of this experiment is to perform a gel electrophoresis of cow serum by agarose gel electrophoresis and to interpret the banding patterns produced by the migration of the serum. Electrophoresis is the shift of ions in an electric field in which the protein moves in the gel based on size as well as in electric charge. The electrophoretic mobility of small molecules is greater than that of large molecules with the same charge density. The running buffer used in this experiment is at pH 8.6 whit has a higher isoelectric point that makes most of the proteins negative. Negative charged molecules migrate through

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