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Faint Bands (Weak Signal) in western blot, what should I do?

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Low protein-antibody binding

Reduce the number of washes to minimum.

Reduce NaCl concentration in Blotting Buffer used for wash steps (recommended range 0.15M - 0.5M).

Reduce NaCl concentration in Antibody Solution (recommended range 0.15M - 0.5M).

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